世故
Chinese
editlife; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime |
happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old | ||
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| simp. and trad. (世故) |
世 | 故 | |
| anagram | 故世 | ||
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: shìhgů
- Wade–Giles: shih4-ku5
- Yale: shr̀-gu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.guh
- Palladius: шигу (šigu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/
- Homophones:
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事故
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai3 gu3
- Yale: sai gu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai3 gu3
- Guangdong Romanization: sei3 gu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kò͘
- Tâi-lô: sè-kòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kox
- IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kò͘
- Tâi-lô: sì-kòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kox
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Noun
edit世故
- ways of the world
- (archaic) livelihood
- (archaic) accident; mishap
- (archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war
- (archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
Synonyms
edit- (livelihood):
Adjective
edit世故
Synonyms
edit- 刁 (diāo)
- 刁滑 (diāohuá)
- 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
- 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
- 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
- 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn2 fan4) (Xiang)
- 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
- 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn2 fan4) (Xiang)
- 奸宄 (Hokkien)
- 奸巧 (Hokkien)
- 奸狡
- 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
- 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
- 姦刁／奸刁 (1ke-tiau) (Wu)
- 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
- 油滑 (yóuhuá)
- 滑
- 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
- 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
- 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
- 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
- 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
- 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
- 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
- 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
- 陰濕／阴湿 (jam1 sap1) (Cantonese)
- 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
- 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)