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世人

世人

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (世人)		世	人
anagram		人世

Noun

世人

(literary) the people of this world; mortals

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìrén

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ngìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shìrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    世人
    士人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ jan⁴
  - Yale: sai yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ jan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ ngin²
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ɲin¹¹/