旧世界

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 旧世界 – see 舊世界 (“Old World”). (This term is the simplified form of 舊世界).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旧	世	界
きゅう Grade: 5	せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
舊世界 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 旧 (kyū-, “old”) +‎ 世界 (sekai, “world”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうせ​かい [kyùúséꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːse̞ka̠i]

Proper noun

旧(きゅう)世(せ)界(かい) • (Kyūsekai) ^{←きうせかい (kiusekai)?}

1. the Old World

See also

• 新(しん)世(せ)界(かい) (Shinsekai)