世上

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	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
simp. and trad. (世上)		世	上
anagram		上世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ soeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-song
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sè-siōng / sì-siāng / sè-siāng / sè-chiūⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ zion⁷ / si³ ziên⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshàng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shang⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshanq
    • Palladius: шишан (šišan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ soeng⁶
    • Yale: sai seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-song
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii song
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ song⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ soŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: sè-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: sì-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siesiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-siāng
    • Tâi-lô: sè-siāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasiang
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tsiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seacviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ zion⁷ / si³ ziên⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tsiōⁿ / sì tsiēⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩõ¹¹/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩẽ¹¹/

Noun

世上

1. (formal) in all of the world; in the whole world; on earth

   • 人生世上，勢位富貴，蓋可忽乎哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人生世上，势位富贵，盖可忽乎哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Rénshēng shìshàng, shì wèi fùguì, gài kě hū hū zāi! [Pinyin]

     What person born on this earth can pay no heed to power, wealth and titles?

   • 那光是眞光，照亮一切生在世上的人。 [MSC, trad.]
     那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1919: 《和合本聖經·約翰福音》 (Chinese Union Version, John 1:9)

     Nà guāng shì zhēn guāng, zhàoliàng yīqiè shēng zài shìshàng de rén. [Pinyin]

     That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

   • 世上只有媽媽好，沒媽的孩子像根草。 [MSC, trad.]
     世上只有妈妈好，没妈的孩子像根草。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1958/1960: 蕭芳芳 《妈妈好》 (Theme song of 《苦兒流浪記》)

     Shìshàng zhǐyǒu māmā hǎo, méi mā de háizǐ xiàng gēn cǎo. [Pinyin]

     Only mom is the best in the whole world, a child with no mother is like a blade of grass.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世上):

• → Japanese: 世(せ)上(じょう) (sejō)
• → Korean: 세상(世上) (sesang)
• → Vietnamese: thế thượng (世上)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	上

Noun

世上 • (sesang) (hangeul 세상)

1. Hanja form^? of 세상 (“world”).