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

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• 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:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 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:

      edit edit 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

1. the human world; the world of mortals

   離開人世／离开人世  ―  líkāi rénshì  ―  to depart this world; to pass away

2. (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])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)世(せい) • (jinsei) 

1. the human world