治世

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (治世)		治	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tī-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshyh
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 志士 智士 智識 / 智识 治世

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ sai³
    • Yale: jih sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tī-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixsex
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ se²¹/

Noun

治世

1. (literary) peaceful and prosperous times

Verb

治世

1. (literary) to handle affairs of state

Japanese

Kanji in this term
治	世
ち Grade: 4	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
治	世
じ Grade: 4	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちせー [chíꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ちせー [chìséꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕise̞ː]

Noun

治(ち)世(せい) or 治(じ)世(せい) • (chisei or jisei) 

1. peaceful times

   Antonym: 乱世

2. reign

Verb

治(ち)世(せい)する or 治(じ)世(せい)する • (chisei suru or jisei suru) suru (stem 治(ち)世(せい)し (chisei shi), past 治(ち)世(せい)した (chisei shita))

1. reign

Conjugation

Conjugation of "治世する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	治世し	ちせいし	chisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	治世し	ちせいし	chisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	治世する	ちせいする	chisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	治世する	ちせいする	chisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	治世すれ	ちせいすれ	chisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	治世せよ¹ 治世しろ²	ちせいせよ¹ ちせいしろ²	chisei seyo¹ chisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	治世される	ちせいされる	chisei sareru
Causative	治世させる 治世さす	ちせいさせる ちせいさす	chisei saseru chisei sasu
Potential	治世できる	ちせいできる	chisei dekiru
Volitional	治世しよう	ちせいしよう	chisei shiyō
Negative	治世しない	ちせいしない	chisei shinai
Negative continuative	治世せず	ちせいせず	chisei sezu
Formal	治世します	ちせいします	chisei shimasu
Perfective	治世した	ちせいした	chisei shita
Conjunctive	治世して	ちせいして	chisei shite
Hypothetical conditional	治世すれば	ちせいすれば	chisei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “治世”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025