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浮世

浮世

Chinese

		to float	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (浮世)		浮	世

Noun

浮世

(Buddhism) the world of the living

Derived terms

浮世繪／浮世绘 (fúshìhuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浮	世
う(き) Grade: S	よ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Noun

浮世 ‎(hiragana うきよ, romaji ukiyo)

Alternative spelling of 浮き世

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fúshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): phû-sè / hû-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fúshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    拂拭
    服侍
    服式
    服飾／服饰
    浮世
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ sai³
  - Yale: fàuh sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-sè / hû-sè
  - Tâi-lô: phû-sè / hû-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phusex, husex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² se²¹/, /hu²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/, /hu²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² se²¹/, /hu¹³⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/, /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ se²¹/, /hu²³⁻³³ se²¹/