塵世

塵世

See also: 尘世

Chinese

		dust; dirt; earth	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (塵世)		塵	世
simp. (尘世)		尘	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n-sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): tîn-sè / tîn-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: chénshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: can⁴ sai³
    • Yale: chàhn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ sei³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciinˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin² si⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tîn-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dinsex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³⁻³³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tîn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dinsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³⁻²² ɕi²¹/

Noun

塵世

1. the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

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世間／世间 (shìjiān) 人世 (rénshì) 人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān) 人寰 (rénhuán) (literary) 人間／人间 (rénjiān)

人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary) 俗世 (súshì) 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān) 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (塵世):

• → Japanese: 塵 (じん)世 (せい) (jinsei)
• → Vietnamese: trần thế (塵世)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
塵	世
じん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 塵世 (ɖˠiɪn ɕiᴇi^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じんせー [jìńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

塵世 (hiragana じんせい, rōmaji jinsei, historical hiragana ぢんせい)

1. the human world

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN