新世界

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	world; realm governed by a Buddha
trad. (新世界)		新	世界
simp. #(新世界)		新	世界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sai³ gaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sè-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: syīn-shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshyhjieh
    • Palladius: синьшицзе (sinʹšicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sai³ gaai³
    • Yale: sān sai gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sai³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sei³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sè-kài
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sè-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsea'kaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹/

Noun

新世界

1. new world
2. (figurative) novel territory; new experience

Proper noun

新世界

1. New World

   Antonym: 舊世界／旧世界 (jiùshìjiè)

Derived terms

• 新世界猴 (xīnshìjièhóu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	世	界
しん Grade: 2	せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi	goon	kan'on

Etymology

From 新 (shin-, “new”) +‎ 世界 (sekai, “world”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんせかい [shìńséꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃se̞ka̠i]

Noun

新(しん)世(せ)界(かい) • (shinsekai) 

1. (literal) a new world
   • 2004 April 7, Tsugumi Ohba with Obata, Takeshi, “ｐａｇｅ．１　退(たい)屈(くつ) [page.1 Boredom]”, in DEATH NOTE(デスノート) [DEATH NOTE], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 48–49:

     そして　僕(ぼく)は新(しん)世(せ)界(かい)の神(かみ)となる

     Soshite boku wa shinsekai no kami to naru

     And then I will become the god of this new world

Proper noun

新(しん)世(せ)界(かい) • (Shinsekai) 

1. the New World

See also

• 旧(きゅう)世(せ)界(かい) (Kyūsekai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
新	世	界

Proper noun

新世界 • (Sinsegye) (hangeul 신세계)

1. hanja form^? of 신세계 (“the New World”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新	世	界

Proper noun

新世界

1. chữ Hán form of Tân Thế giới (“the New World; New Caledonia”).