上世

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (上世)		上	世
anagram		世上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshyh
    • Palladius: шанши (šanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 上世 上士 上市

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ sai³
    • Yale: seuhng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 上世

1. primeval times; prehistoric times
2. previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

• (previous generations): 上代 (shàngdài)