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永世

永世

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual (ly)	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (永世)		永	世

Noun

永世

forever; eternity; perpetuity
one's whole lifetime

Derived terms

永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	世
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

永世 ‎(hiragana えいせい, romaji eisei)

eternity, permanence, perpetuity, immortality

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǒngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): éng-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yǒngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    勇士
    永世
    永逝
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ sai³
  - Yale: wíhng sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ si⁴
  - IPA: /i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ si⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-sè
  - Tâi-lô: íng-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngsex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/