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家世

家世

Chinese

		home; family; -ist home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (家世)		家	世
anagram		世家

Noun

家世

(literary) one's descent or origin; one's family background

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiāshì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): ka-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: jiāshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiashyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    家世
    家事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ sai³
  - Yale: gā sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-sè
  - Tâi-lô: ka-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kasex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹/