世事

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (世事)		世	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): sié-*sê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sū / sè-sīr / sì-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshyh
    • Palladius: шиши (šiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世世 世事 事事 事勢／事势 筮仕 視事／视事 逝世

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ si⁶
    • Yale: sai sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sié-*sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie²¹³⁻⁵³ søy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sè-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sè-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sì-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siesu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Noun

世事

1. secular affairs; worldly affairs

   世事關心／世事关心 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  sai³ si⁶ gwaan¹ sam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 世務／世务 (shìwù)
• 事務／事务 (shìwù) (literary)
• 塵事／尘事 (chénshì)
• 塵務／尘务 (chénwù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	事
せ Grade: 3	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​じ [séꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ʑi]

Noun

世(せ)事(じ) • (seji) 

1. worldly matters, human affairs, ways of the world

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	事

Noun

世事 • (sesa) (hangeul 세사)

1. Hanja form^? of 세사 (“worldly matters, human affairs, ways of the world”).