世故

世故

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (世故)		世	故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gu³
• Min Nan (POJ): sè-kò͘ / sì-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shìgù → shìgu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.guh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gu³
    • Yale: sai gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gu³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sè-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/

Noun

世故

1. ways of the world
2. (archaic) livelihood
3. (archaic) accident; mishap
4. (archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war
5. (archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship

Synonyms

• (livelihood): (informal) 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn), (archaic) 生產／生产 (shēngchǎn), 生計／生计 (shēngjì)

Adjective

世故

1. shrewd; canny; slick and sly

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 世故

刁滑 (diāohuá) 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn) 即世 (jíshì) (literary) 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà) 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu) 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Min Nan) 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)

狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary) 狡鬼 (Min Nan) 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary) 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà) 陰濕／阴湿 (yīnshī) (Cantonese) 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn) 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Derived terms

人情世故 (rénqíngshìgù) 老於世故／老于世故

飽經世故／饱经世故