遁世

Chinese

		disappear; to escape	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (遁世)		遁	世
simp. #(遁世)		遁	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùnshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dwùn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duennshyh
    • Palladius: дуньши (dunʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Verb

遁世

1. (literary) to live in seclusion

Synonyms

• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 遁世逃名
• 遁世離群／遁世离群

 

Noun

遁世

1. (～卦) A combination 四上四中三下 in the Lingqijing.