曠世

See also: 旷世

Chinese

		waste; wilderness	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (曠世)		曠	世
simp. (旷世)		旷	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: kwàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanqshyh
    • Palladius: куанши (kuanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong³ sai³
    • Yale: kwong sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

曠世

1. (literary) without peer in one's generation; outstanding
2. (literary) long lasting

Synonyms

• (without peer in one's generation): (literary) 絕代／绝代 (juédài), (literary) 絕世／绝世 (juéshì)
• (long lasting):

• 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
• 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
• 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
• 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
• 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
• 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
• 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
• 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
• 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

 

Derived terms

• 曠世逸才／旷世逸才 (kuàngshìyìcái)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曠	世
こう Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

曠(こう)世(せい) • (kōsei) 

1. (something) unparalleled, without equal, peerless

   曠(こう)世(せい)の偉(い)業(ぎょう)である。

   Kōsei no igyō de aru.

   It is an unparalleled achievement.