Definify.com

Definition 2024

世居

世居

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	reside
simp. and trad. (世居)		世	居

Verb

世居

(literary) one's family has lived in a place for many generations

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìjū

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄩ
Min Nan (POJ): sè-ki / sè-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-ki / sè-ku
  - Tâi-lô: sè-ki / sè-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'ky, sea'kw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/, /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ku³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /se²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/, /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/, /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ku⁴⁴/