世交

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (世交)		世	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjiao
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: shr̀-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiau
    • Palladius: шицзяо (šiczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gaau¹
    • Yale: sai gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kau
    • Tâi-lô: sè-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kau⁴⁴/

Noun

世交

1. longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
2. old family friend; long-term friend of the family

Synonyms

• (longstanding friendship): (literary) 通家 (tōngjiā)

Derived terms

• 老世交
• 至戚世交