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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîn-sè / tîn-sì
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-shih⁴
    • Yale: chén-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshyh
    • Palladius: чэньши (čɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can⁴ sai³
    • Yale: chàhn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciinˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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 si²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-sy
    • MiniDict: zen^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: drin syejH

Rime
Character	塵	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直珍切	舒制切
Baxter	drin	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪn/	/ɕiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚin/	/ɕiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡien/	/ɕjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjin/	/ɕiajH/
Li Rong	/ȡjĕn/	/ɕiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȡǐĕn/	/ɕĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ĕn/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can4	sai3

Noun

塵世

1. (Buddhism, Taoism) the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

• 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)
• 凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
• 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
• 塵寰／尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
• 塵間／尘间 (chénjiān)
• 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (塵世):

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

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

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

Noun

塵(じん)世(せい) • (jinsei) ^{←ぢんせい (dinsei)?}

1. the human world

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
塵	世

Noun

塵世

1. chữ Hán form of trần thế (“world of mortals”).