世間

See also: 世间

Contents

ChineseEdit

		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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-kiên / sṳ-kiân
• Min Nan (POJ): sè-kan / sì-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shìjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世間／世间 適間／适间

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gaan¹
    • Yale: sai gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kɑːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream 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): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/

NounEdit

世間

1. (literary) this world

SynonymsEdit

• 塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
• 人寰 (rénhuán)
• 人世 (rénshì)
• 人間／人间 (rénjiān)
• 人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
• (literary) 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì)

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
世	間
せ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 2
on’yomi

NounEdit

世間 (hiragana せけん, rōmaji seken)

1. society, public

See alsoEdit

• 人 (じん)間 (かん) (jinkan)