世界

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (世界)		世	界

Etymology

Originally coined as a Buddhist phrase, translating Sanskrit लोक धातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 世界

world
世界地圖／世界地图 ― shìjiè dìtú ― world map

世界秩序 ― shìjiè zhìxù ― world order

世界紀錄／世界纪录 ― shìjiè jìlù ― world record

世界潮流 ― shìjiè cháoliú ― global trend

環遊世界／环游世界 ― huányóu shìjiè ― to travel the world

世界各地 ― shìjiè gèdì ― all over the world

穆斯林世界 ― mùsīlín shìjiè ― Muslim world

列為世界文化遺產 [MSC, trad.]
列为世界文化遗产 [MSC, simp.]
lièwéi shìjiè wénhuàyíchǎn [Pinyin]
to list as a world cultural heritage site

世界之大，無奇不有。 [MSC, trad.]
世界之大，无奇不有。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìjiè zhī dà, wúqíbùyǒu. [Pinyin]
The world is so big that nothing is too bizarre.

Synonyms

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世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary)
四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
宇內／宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)

Derived terms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世界):

→ Japanese: 世(せ)界(かい) (sekai)
→ Okinawan: 世(し)界(けー) (shikē)
→ Korean: 세계(世界) (segye)
→ Vietnamese: thế giới (世界)

Others:

→ Zhuang: seiqgyaiq

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 世界

(Taiwanese Hokkien) extremely; super
世界甜 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― sè-kài tiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― super sweet

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Japanese

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Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
世	界
せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोक धातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”).^[1]^[2] Compare modern Min Nan reading sè-kài.

Pronunciation

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Noun

世(せ)界(かい) • (sekai)

the world
- 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 162:
  
  目(め)にはみえないが、この世(せ)界(かい)のほかに無(む)数(すう)の世(せ)界(かい)が重(か)さなりあって存(そん)在(ざい)しているという…………。
  Me ni wa mienai ga, kono sekai no hoka ni musū no sekai ga kasanari atte sonzai shite iru to iu………….
  That means there are countless worlds that coexist with this one even though we can’t really see them….
  そしてぼくはふたつの世(せ)界(かい)の境(きょう)界(かい)を破(や)ぶってこっちへとびこんできたんだ‼
  soshite boku wa futatsu no sekai no kyōkai o yabutte kotchi e tobikon de kitan da‼
  And I somehow managed to get across the boundary between our two worlds!!
- 1997 June 30 [1980 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポ空を行く [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], 58th edition, volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 188:
  
  はじめて見(み)る広(ひろ)い世(せ)界(かい)が、楽(たの)しみだったわ。
  Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.
  I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.
- 1999 September 23, “ダーク・ラビット [Dark Rabbit]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
  
  アメリカンコミックの世(せ)界(かい)のウサギ。とても素(す)早(ばや)くちょこまかと動(うご)く。
  Amerikan komikku no sekai no usagi. Totemo subayaku chokomaka to ugoku.
  A bunny from the world of American comics. He restlessly leaps up and down like crazy fast.
- 2000 January 27, “トゥーン・アリゲーター [Toon Alligator]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
  
  アメリカンコミックの世(せ)界(かい)から現(あらわ)れた、ワニのモンスター。
  Amerikan komikku no sekai kara arawareta, wani no monsutā.
  A crocodilian monster from the world of American comics.
世(せ)界(かい)の各(かっ)国(こく)から
sekai no kakkoku kara
from each country of the world
a metaphorical world (how one lives one's life)
彼(かれ)はこの世(せ)界(かい)に住(す)んでいないようです。
Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.
It's like he's not living in this world.
society, the times
Synonyms: 世間 (sekan), 世の中 (yo no naka)
a realm, a circle, a sphere
文(ぶん)学(がく)の世(せ)界(かい)
bungaku no sekai
literary circles, the literary world
(Buddhism) the four inner realms of 須弥山 (Shumisen)
(Buddhism) a realm governed by a buddha
(Buddhism) space, universe
(tarot) the world

Derived terms

世(せ)界(かい)遺(い)産(さん)条(じょう)約(やく) (Sekai Isan Jōyaku, “Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”)
世(せ)界(かい)遺(い)産(さん)登(とう)録(ろく)地(ち) (sekai isan tōroku chi, “World Heritage Site”)
世(せ)界(かい)一(いっ)周(しゅう)旅(りょ)行(こう) (sekai isshū ryokō, “round-the-world trip”)
世(せ)界(かい)一(いち) (sekaīchi, “best in the world, most (adjective) in the world”)
世(せ)界(かい)観(かん) (sekaikan, “worldview”)
世(せ)界(かい)気(き)象(しょう)機(き)関(かん) (Sekai Kishō Kikan): the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
世(せ)界(かい)恐(きょう)慌(こう) (Sekai Kyōkō, “Great Depression”)
世(せ)界(かい)記(き)録(ろく) (sekai kiroku, “world record”)
世(せ)界(かい)銀(ぎん)行(こう) (Sekai Ginkō, “World Bank”)
世(せ)界(かい)語(ご) (sekaigo, “universal language, international language”)
世(せ)界(かい)国(こっ)家(か) (sekai kokka)
世(せ)界(かい)史(し) (sekaishi, “world history”)
世(せ)界(かい)時(じ) (sekaiji): Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Zulu time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
世(せ)界(かい)資(し)源(げん)研(けん)究(きゅう)所(しょ) (Sekai Shigen Kenkyūsho): the World Resources Institute (WRI)
世(せ)界(かい)自(し)然(ぜん)保(ほ)護(ご)基(き)金(きん) (Sekai Shizen Hogo Kikin): the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
世(せ)界(かい)中(じゅう) (sekaijū, “throughout the world, all the world, worldwide”)
世(せ)界(かい)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (sekai shugi, “cosmopolitanism, internationalism”)
世(せ)界(かい)宗(しゅ)教(きょう) (sekai shukyō, “world religion”)
世(せ)界(かい)人(じん) (sekaijin, “cosmopolite, person of the world”)
世(せ)界(かい)人(じん)権(けん)宣(せん)言(げん) (Sekai Jinken Sengen, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”)
世(せ)界(かい)像(ぞう) (sekaizō)
世(せ)界(かい)選(せん)手(しゅ)権(けん)大(たい)会(かい) (sekai senshuken taikai, “world championship”)
世(せ)界(かい)大(たい)戦(せん) (sekai taisen, “world war”)
世(せ)界(かい)知(ち)的(てき)所(しょ)有(ゆう)権(けん)機(き)関(かん) (Sekai Chiteki Shoyūken Kikan): the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
世(せ)界(かい)連(づれ) (sekaizure, “in line with the rest of the world, normal”)
世(せ)界(かい)的(てき) (sekai-teki, “global”)
世(せ)界(かい)博覧会(はくらんかい) (Sekai Hakurankai, “World Fair, World Exposition”)
世(せ)界(かい)平和(へいわ) (sekai heiwa, “world peace”)
世(せ)界(かい)貿(ぼう)易(えき)機(き)構(こう) (Sekai Bōeki Kikō): the World Trade Organization (WTO)
世(せ)界(かい)保(ほ)健(けん)機(き)構(こう) (Sekai Hoken Kikō): the World Health Organization (WHO)
世(せ)界(かい)労(ろう)働(どう)組(くみ)合(あい)連(れん)盟(めい) (Sekai Rōdō Kumiai Renmei): the World Federation of Trade Unions (WTFU)
異(い)世(せ)界(かい) (isekai, “different world”)
可(か)能(のう)世(せ)界(かい) (kanō sekai)
器(き)世(せ)界(かい) (kisekai)
旧(きゅう)世(せ)界(かい) (kyū-sekai, “Old World”)
銀(ぎん)世(せ)界(かい) (gin sekai)
月(げっ)世(せ)界(かい) (gessekai)
実(じっ)世(せ)界(かい) (jissekai)
新(しん)世(せ)界(かい) (shin-sekai, “new world, the New World”)
全(ぜん)世(せ)界(かい) (zensekai)
第(だい)一(いち)世(せ)界(かい) (Daīchi Sekai, “First World”)
第(だい)二(に)世(せ)界(かい) (Daini Sekai, “Second World”)
第(だい)三(さん)世(せ)界(かい) (Daisan Sekai, “Third World”)
反(はん)世(せ)界(かい) (hansekai)
別(べっ)世(せ)界(かい) (bessekai, “different world, separate world”)
世(よ)世(せ)界(かい) (yosekai)

Idioms

世(せ)界(かい)に余(あま)った女(おんな)は無(な)い (sekai ni amatta onna wa nai): "there are no leftover women in the world" → there is someone for everyone (said particularly to women)
世(せ)界(かい)に鬼(おに)は無(な)い (sekai ni oni wa nai): "there are no devils in the world" → the world is not full of heartless people, and there are many kind souls who will lend a hand (compare "the kindness of strangers")
世(せ)界(かい)は大(だい)戯(ぎ)場(じょう)の如(ごと)し (sekai wa daigijō no gotoshi, “the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage”)
世(せ)界(かい)は張(は)り物(もの) (sekai wa harimono, “the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man”)
世(せ)界(かい)は回(まわ)り持(も)ち (sekai wa mawarimochi, “the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season”)
世(せ)界(かい)半(はん)分(ぶん)自(うぬ)惚(ぼ)れしっかり (sekai hanbun unubore shikkari, “of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world”)
世(せ)界(かい)我(わ)が物(もの) (sekai wagamono, “the world is one's possession → acting as if one owns the world”)

Proper noun

世(せ)界(かい) • (Sekai)

a female given name
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References

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	界

Noun

世界 • (segye) (hangeul 세계)

hanja form^? of 세계 (“world”)

Synonyms

누리 (nuri, “nuri”)
세상 (sesang, “sesang”)

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 世界 (せかい, sekai), from Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɕikeː/

Noun

世界 (hiragana しけー, romaji shikē)

world, society

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	界

Noun

世界

chữ Hán form of thế giới (“world”).

[1] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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