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下世

下世

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (下世)		下	世

Verb

下世

(formal) to leave this world; to die
(dialect) to be born

Noun

下世

next life

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): ě-sì / ē-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ sai³
  - Yale: hah sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-sì
  - Tâi-lô: ě-sì
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-sì
  - Tâi-lô: ē-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: exsix
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ ɕi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/