世族

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (世族)		世	族
simp. #(世族)		世	族
Literally: “the [illustrious] families of the time”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-cho̍k / sì-cho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzú
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: shr̀-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzwu
    • Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世族 士卒 氏族

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai³ zuk⁶
    • Yale: sai juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 世俗 世族

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seazok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siezok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/

Noun

世族

1. old and great family; influential clan; hereditary house

Related terms

• 世家 (shìjiā)
• 士族 (shìzú)