世間

See also: 世间

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (世間)		世	間
simp. (世间)		世	间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-kiên / sṳ-kiân
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sè-kan / sì-kan

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjian
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chien¹
  - Yale: shr̀-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjian
  - Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    世間／世间
    適間／适间
    視姦／视奸
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gaan¹
  - Yale: sai gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kan
  - Tâi-lô: sè-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kan
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: syejH kean

Rime
Character	世	間
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	舒制切	古閑切
Baxter	syejH	kean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/kˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæi^H/	/kæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaj^H/	/kəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/kæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/kăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai³	gaan¹

Noun

世間

(literary) this world; the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

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人世 (rénshì)
人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
人間／人间 (rénjiān)
人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
俗世 (súshì)
凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
塵俗／尘俗 (chénsú)
塵寰／尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
塵間／尘间 (chénjiān)
濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

References

“Entry #1372”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	間
せ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せけん [séꜜkèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [se̞kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

世(せ)間(けん) • (seken)

society, public

Derived terms

世間離(せけんばな)れ (sekenbanare)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	間

Noun

世間 • (segan) (hangeul 세간)

hanja form^? of 세간 (“society, public”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	間

Noun

世間

chữ Hán form of thế gian (“world”).