世務

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	affair; business; matter
trad. (世務)		世	務
simp. (世务)		世	务

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwù
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwuh
    • Palladius: шиу (šiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世務／世务 事務／事务 事物 飾物／饰物

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ mou⁶
    • Yale: sai mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ mou̯²²/

Noun

世務

1. secular affairs; worldly affairs

Synonyms

• 世事 (shìshì)
• 事務／事务 (shìwù) (literary)
• 塵事／尘事 (chénshì)
• 塵務／尘务 (chénwù)