創世

See also: 创世

Chinese

		begin; initiate; inaugurate begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (創世)		創	世
simp. (创世)		创	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong³ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhóng-sṳ
• Northern Min (KCR): cho̤̿ng-si̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): cháung-sié
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-sè / chhòng-sì
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshaon-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: chwàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqshyh
    • Palladius: чуанши (čuanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong³ sai³
    • Yale: chong sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cho̤̿ng-si̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ si³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháung-sié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)niɛ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tshòng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngsex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tshòng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshaon-sy
    • MiniDict: tshaon^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshaan-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

創世

1. creation of the world
2. (figurative) initial stage of foundation

Derived terms

• 創世紀／创世纪 (Chuàngshìjì)
• 創世記／创世记 (Chuàngshìjì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (創世):

• → Japanese: 創世(そうせい) (sōsei)
• → Korean: 창세(創世) (changse)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
創	世
そう Grade: 6	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーせー [sòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

創(そう)世(せい) • (sōsei) ^{←さうせい (sausei)?}

1. creation of the world
   • 1916, 南方熊楠, 十二支考 田原藤太竜宮入りの話‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     濠州(ごうしゅう)のジェイエリエ人伝(じんつた)うらく、大神(だいじん)ムーラムーラ創世(そうせい)に多(おお)く小(ちい)さき黒蜥蜴(くろとかげ)を作(つく)り、諸(もろもろ)の蚑行(はう)動物(どうぶつ)の長(ちょう)とす。

     Gōshū no Jeieriejin tsutauraku, daijin Mūramūra sōsei ni ōku chīsaki kurotokage o tsukuri, moromoro no hau dōbutsu no chō to su.

     According to the legend of the Dieyerie of Australia, at the creation of the world, the great god Mooramoora created many small black lizards and let them have dominion over all creeping things.

Derived terms

• 創世記(そうせいき) (sōseiki)
• 創世神話(そうせいしんわ) (sōsei shinwa)