世紀

See also: 世纪

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (世紀)		世	紀
simp. (世纪)		世	纪

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 世(せい)紀(き) (seiki, “century”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 世紀／世纪 (shìjì).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 世紀

1. century (period of 100 years)

   巴·掃馬，13世紀的著名旅行家，其足跡東起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, trad.]
   巴·扫马，13世纪的著名旅行家，其足迹东起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bā Sǎomǎ, shísān shìjì de zhùmíng lǚxíngjiā, qí zújì dōng qǐ Běijīng, xī zhì Bālí. [Pinyin]

   The footmark of the famous 13th-century explorer Bar Sauma spans from Beijing in the East to Paris in the West.

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	紀
せい Grade: 3	き Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世紀 (syej^H ki^X)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

Noun

世(せい)紀(き) • (seiki) 

1. century (100 years)
   • 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:

     今(いま)は女(おんな)の目(め)の開(ひら)く世(せい)紀(き)である。

     Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.

     This is the century when women open their eyes.

Counter

世(せい)紀(き) • (-seiki) 

1. century

   20(にじっ)世(せい)紀(き)

   nijisseiki

   the 20th century

   21(にじゅういっ)世(せい)紀(き)

   nijūisseiki

   the 21st century

Derived terms

• 世(せい)紀(き)末(まつ) (seikimatsu)
• 世(せい)紀(き)末(まつ)的(てき) (seikimatsuteki)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 世紀／世纪 (shìjì)
• → Korean: 세기 (segi)
• → Vietnamese: thế kỉ

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
世	紀

Noun

世紀 • (segi) (hangeul 세기)

1. Hanja form^? of 세기 (“century”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	紀

Noun

世紀

1. chữ Hán form of thế kỉ (“century”).