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世間

世間

See also: 世间

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (世間)		世	間
simp. (世间)		世	间

Adverb

世間

(literary) in this world

See also

塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
人寰 (rénhuán)
人間／人间 (rénjiān)
人世 (rénshì)
人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	間
せ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

世間 ‎(hiragana せけん, romaji seken)

society, public

See also

人間 (じんかん) ‎(jinkan)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-kiên / sṳ-kiân
Min Nan (POJ): sè-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shìjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    世間／世间
    適間／适间
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gaan¹
  - Yale: sai gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kɑːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gian¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kan
  - Tâi-lô: sè-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/