世界

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Cantonese [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Hanzi [edit]

世界 (jyutping sai3 gaai3, Yale sai3 gaai3)


Japanese [edit]

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Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

世界 (hiragana せかい, romaji sekai)

  1. The world, the Earth.
    世界の各国から
    せかいのかっこくから
    sekai no kakkoku kara
    from all the countries of the world
  2. A metaphorical world, how one lives one's life.
    彼はこの世界に住んでいないようです。
    かれはこのせかいにすんでいないようです。
    Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.
    It's like he's not living in this world.
  3. A realm, a circle, a sphere.
    文学の世界
    ぶんがくのせかい
    bungaku no sekai
    literary circles, the literary world
  4. (tarot): The world card: the twenty-first trump or major arcana card in most traditional tarot decks.

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Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

世界 (segye)

  1. Hanja form? of 세계, “world”.

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

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世界 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shìjiè)

  1. world

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Min Nan [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ se˥˧kai˨˩ ]

Noun [edit]

世界 (traditional and simplified, POJ sè-kài)

  1. world

Vietnamese [edit]

Hán tự in this word

Noun [edit]

世界

  1. Hán form of thế giới, "world"