上世

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (上世)		上	世
anagram		世上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshyh
    • Palladius: шанши (šanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 上世 上士 上市

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ sai³
    • Yale: seuhng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

上世

1. primeval times; prehistoric times
2. previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

• (previous generations):

• 上代 (shàngdài)
• 前代 (qiándài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	世
じょう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーせー [jóꜜòsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

上(じょう)世(せい) • (jōsei) ^{←じやうせい (zyausei)?}

1. antiquity, ancient times

   Synonyms: 上古 (jōko), 上代 (jōdai)

See also

• 上(かみ)つ世(よ) (kamitsuyo)

References

• “上世”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean

Hanja in this term
上	世

Noun

上世 • (sangse) (hangeul 상세)

1. Hanja form^? of 상세 (“previous generation; ancestral generation”).