浮世

Chinese

		to float	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (浮世)		浮	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-sè / hû-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-shih⁴
    • Yale: fú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushyh
    • Palladius: фуши (fuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ sai³
    • Yale: fàuh sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-sè / hû-sè
    • Tâi-lô: phû-sè / hû-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phusex, husex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² se²¹/, /hu²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/, /hu²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² se²¹/, /hu¹³⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/, /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ se²¹/, /hu²³⁻³³ se²¹/

Noun

浮世

1. (Buddhism) the world of the living

Derived terms

• 浮世繪／浮世绘 (fúshìhuì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮	世
う(き) Grade: S	よ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkʲijo̞]

Noun

浮(うき)世(よ) • (ukiyo) 

1. Alternative spelling of 浮き世