厭世

See also: 厌世

Chinese

		loathe	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (厭世)		厭	世
simp. (厌世)		厌	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàm-sè / iàm-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannshyh
    • Palladius: яньши (janʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim³ sai³
    • Yale: yim sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sè
    • Tâi-lô: iàm-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsex
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sì
    • Tâi-lô: iàm-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

厭世

1. to be world-weary; to be pessimistic

   厭世臉／厌世脸  ―  yànshìliǎn  ―  (neologism) world-loathing look; resting bitch face

2. to be cynical
3. to be misanthropic
4. (historical) to go die

Adjective

厭世

1. pessimistic
2. cynical

   • 一週的假期就要結束了，我開始對一切都很厭世。 [MSC, trad.]
     一周的假期就要结束了，我开始对一切都很厌世。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 「要收心了，好厭世😢」英文怎麼說？

     Yīzhōu de jiǎqī jiùyào jiéshù le, wǒ kāishǐ duì yīqiè dōu hěn yànshì. [Pinyin]

     The one-week holiday is about to come to an end, and I've started to feel cynical about everything.

3. misanthropic

   • 王爾德和叔本華這類人，英文稱為misanthrope，字面意思直譯為厭人者，源自希臘文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人類。 [MSC, trad.]
     王尔德和叔本华这类人，英文称为misanthrope，字面意思直译为厌人者，源自希腊文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人类。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 厭人不厭世

     Wáng'ěrdé hé shūběnhuá zhè lèi rén, yīngwén chēngwèi misanthrope, zìmiàn yìsī zhíyì wèi yànrén zhě, yuánzì xīlàwén mīsos — yìsī shì zēnghèn, jiāshàng ānthropos — yìsī shì rénlèi. [Pinyin]

     In English, they call misanthrope to people like Wilde and Schopenhauer, literally means "person who hate people". Its etymology is from the Greek mīsos[sic], which means "hate" with ānthropos[sic], which means "human".

Derived terms

• 厭世主義／厌世主义 (yànshì zhǔyì)
• 厭世觀／厌世观 (yànshìguān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厭	世
えん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんせー [èńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

厭(えん)世(せい) • (ensei) 

1. pessimism; weariness with life

Derived terms

• 厭世主義(えんせいしゅぎ) (enseishugi)
• 厭世家(えんせいか) (enseika)
• 厭世観(えんせいかん) (enseikan)
• 厭世的(えんせいてき) (enseiteki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
厭	世

Noun

厭世 • (yeomse) (hangeul 염세)

1. Hanja form^? of 염세 (“pessimism; weariness with life”).