世間

See also: 世间

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (世間)		世	間
simp. (世间)		世	间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-kiên / sṳ-kiân
Min Nan (POJ): sè-kan / sì-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    世間／世间
    適間／适间
    視姦／视奸
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gaan¹
  - Yale: sai gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ käːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kan
  - Tâi-lô: sè-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kan
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/

Noun

世間

(literary) this world; the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

人世 (rénshì)
人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
人間／人间 (rénjiān)
人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)

俗世 (súshì)
塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

世間人／世间人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	間
せ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

世間 (hiragana せけん, rōmaji seken)

society, public

See also

人 (じん)間 (かん) (jinkan)

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