人世

Chinese

		man; person; people	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (人世)		人	世
anagram		世人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénshì

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-sè / lîn-sè / jîn-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénshìh
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-shih⁴
  - Yale: rén-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshyh
  - Palladius: жэньши (žɛnʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    人世
    人事
    人勢／人势
    人士
    人市
    人氏
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ sai³
  - Yale: yàhn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    人世
    人勢／人势
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-sè
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-sè
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linsex
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-sì
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² ɕi²¹/

Noun

人世

the human world; the world of mortals
離開人世／离开人世 ― líkāi rénshì ― to depart this world; to pass away
(literary) life (i.e. human life)

Synonyms

(human world):

Synonyms of 人世

人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
俗世 (súshì)
凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
世間／世间 (shìjiān)
人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
人間／人间 (rénjiān)

人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
塵寰／尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
塵間／尘间 (chénjiān)
濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

(life): 人生 (rénshēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	世
じん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人世 (ȵiɪn ɕiᴇi^H).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんせー [jíꜜǹsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)世(せい) • (jinsei)

the human world

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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