盛世

Chinese

		abundant; flourishing	time; age; era
simp. and trad. (盛世)		盛	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sēng-sè / sēng-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shèng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqshyh
    • Palladius: шэнши (šɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶ sai³
    • Yale: sihng sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sīng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sexngsex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: sīng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sexngsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ si²¹/

Noun

盛世

1. heyday; golden age

Synonyms

• (literary) 嘉世 (jiāshì)

Derived terms

• 太平盛世
• 康乾盛世 (Kāng-Qián shèngshì)