永世

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (永世)		永	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǔng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongshyh
    • Palladius: юнши (junši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ sai³
    • Yale: wíhng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun<sup>3</sup> si<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: íng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngsex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

Noun

永世

1. all one's life; one's lifetime

Synonyms

• 一世 (yīshì)
• 一生 (yīshēng)
• 一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
• 一輩子／一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 平生 (píngshēng)
• 永生 (yǒngshēng)
• 沒世／没世 (mòshì)
• 生平 (shēngpíng)
• 畢生／毕生 (bìshēng)
• 終生／终生 (zhōngshēng)
• 終身／终身 (zhōngshēn)
• 輩／辈 (bèi)
• 輩子／辈子 (bèizi)

 

Adverb

永世

1. forever; eternity; perpetuity

Synonyms

• 永遠／永远 (yǒngyuǎn)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (永世):

• → Japanese: 永世(えいせい) (eisei)
• → Korean: 영세(永世) (yeongse)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	世
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

永(えい)世(せい) • (eisei) 

1. eternity, permanence, perpetuity, immortality