世子

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (世子)		世	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: shr̀-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyy
  - Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    世子
    士子
    釋子／释子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ zi²
  - Yale: sai jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

世子

royal highness; crown prince

Synonyms

國本／国本 (guóběn)
太子 (tàizǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世子):

→ Japanese: 世子(せいし) (seishi)
→ Korean: 세자(世子) (seja)
→ Vietnamese: thế tử (世子)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	子
せい Grade: 3	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

世嗣

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) せーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕi]

Noun

世(せい)子(し) • (seishi)

heir or successor of an important person such as an emperor, lord, or daimyo

Synonyms

世継(よつ)ぎ (yotsugi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	子

Noun

世子 • (seja) (hangeul 세자)

Hanja form^? of 세자 (“crown prince”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
世	子

Noun

世子

chữ Hán form of thế tử (“royal highness; crown prince”).

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