塵世

See also: 尘世

Chinese

		dust; dirt; earth	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (塵世)		塵	世
simp. (尘世)		尘	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénshì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîn-sè / tîn-sì
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-shih⁴
  - Yale: chén-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshyh
  - Palladius: чэньши (čɛnʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    塵世 / 尘世
    塵事 / 尘事
    臣事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can⁴ sai³
  - Yale: chàhn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin^ˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tîn-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³⁻³³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tîn-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³⁻²² si²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-sy
  - MiniDict: zen^去 sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: drin syejH

Rime
Character	塵	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直珍切	舒制切
Baxter	drin	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪn/	/ɕiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚin/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡien/	/ɕjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjin/	/ɕiaj^H/
Li Rong	/ȡjĕn/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ȡǐĕn/	/ɕĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ĕn/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chén	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	can⁴	sai³

Noun

塵世

(Buddhism, Taoism) the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

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世間 / 世间 (shìjiān)
人世 (rénshì)
人世間 / 人世间 (rénshìjiān)
人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
人間 / 人间 (rénjiān)
人間世 / 人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
俗世 (súshì)
凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
塵世間 / 尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
塵俗 / 尘俗 (chénsú)
塵寰 / 尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
塵間 / 尘间 (chénjiān)
濁世 / 浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

塵世間 / 尘世间 (chénshìjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (塵世):

→ Japanese: 塵世(じんせい) (jinsei)
→ Vietnamese: trần thế (塵世)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
塵	世
じん Hyōgai	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 塵世 (drin syej^H).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんせー [jìńséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

塵(じん)世(せい) • (jinsei) ^{←ぢんせい (dinsei)^?}

the human world

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
塵	世

Noun

塵世

chữ Hán form of trần thế (“world of mortals”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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