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
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-sè
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ 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): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² si²¹/

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):

世間／世间 (shìjiān)
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)
凡世 (fánshì) (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

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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