世紀

世紀

See also: 世纪

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (世紀)		世	紀
simp. (世纪)		世	纪

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 世 (せい)紀 (き) (seiki, “century”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 世紀／世纪 (shìjì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): шыҗи (šɨži, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ki
• Min Dong (BUC): sié-gī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sè-kí / sì-kí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ gi²

• Wu (Wiktionary): sr ji (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世紀／世纪 事濟／事济 事蹟／事迹 試劑／试剂

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: шыҗи (šɨži, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɨː⁴⁴ t͡ɕiː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gei²
    • Yale: sai géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ki
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii gi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sié-gī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)i³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kí
    • Tâi-lô: sè-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kie
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kí
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ gi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì kí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr ji (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

世紀

1. century (period of 100 years)

   巴·掃馬，13世紀的著名旅行家，其足跡東起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, trad.]
   巴·扫马，13世纪的著名旅行家，其足迹东起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bā Sǎomǎ, 13 shìjì de zhùmíng lǚxíngjiā, qí zújì dōng qǐ Běijīng, xī zhì Bālí. [Pinyin]

   The footmark of the famous 13th-century explorer Bar Sauma spans from Beijing in the East to Paris in the West.

Derived terms

世紀末／世纪末 (shìjìmò)

世紀蛋／世纪蛋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	紀
せい Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世紀 (syej^H ki^X)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲi]
• Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

Noun

世紀 (hiragana せいき, rōmaji seiki)

1. century (100 years)
   • 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:

     今 (いま)は女 (おんな)の目 (め)の開 (ひら)く世紀 (せいき)である。

     Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.

     This is the century when women open their eyes.

Counter

世紀 (hiragana せいき, rōmaji -seiki)

1. century

   二 (に)十 (じっ)世 (せい)紀 (き)

   nijisseiki

   the 20th century

   21 (にじゅういっ)世 (せい)紀 (き)

   nijūisseiki

   the 21st century

Derived terms

• 世紀末
• 世紀末的

Descendants

• → Chinese: 世紀
• → Korean: 세기 (segi)
• → Vietnamese: thế kỉ

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
世	紀

Noun

世紀 • (segi) (hangeul 세기)

1. Hanja form^? of 세기 (“century”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
世	紀

Noun

世紀

1. Hán tự form of thế kỉ (“century”).