亂世

See also: 乱世

Chinese

		in confusion; disorderly	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (亂世)		亂	世
simp. (乱世)		乱	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁶ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loān-sè / loān-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: luan⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: lwàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luannshyh
    • Palladius: луаньши (luanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁶ sai³
    • Yale: lyuhn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²² sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-sè
    • Tâi-lô: luān-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnsex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /luan²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loān-sì
    • Tâi-lô: luān-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxnsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan²²⁻²¹ si²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwanH syejH

Rime
Character	亂	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	郎段切	舒制切
Baxter	lwanH	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑnH/	/ɕiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑnH/	/ɕiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑnH/	/ɕjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwanH/	/ɕiajH/
Li Rong	/luɑnH/	/ɕiɛiH/
Wang Li	/luɑnH/	/ɕĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑnH/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luàn	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun6	sai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤo[n]-s  l̥ap-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːns  hljebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亂	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luàn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ lwanH ›	‹ syejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁo[n]-s/	/*l̥ap-s/
English	disorder, rebellion	generation
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亂	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8645	11537
Phonetic component	亂	世
Rime group	元	蓋
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	亂	丗
Old Chinese	/*roːns/	/*hljebs/
Notes		本枼葉初文（文源）

Noun

亂世

1. (literary) unsettled and chaotic times

Synonyms

• (literary) 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì)

Derived terms

• 寧為太平犬，不做亂世人／宁为太平犬，不做乱世人 (nìng wéi tàipíng quǎn, bù zuò luànshì rén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (亂世):

• → Japanese: 乱世(らんせい) (ransei)
• → Korean: 란세(亂世) (ranse), 난세(亂世) (nanse)
• → Vietnamese: loạn thế (亂世)