世代せだい

See also: 𠁀

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (世代せだい)		世よ	代だい

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ doi⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-thoi
• Eastern Min (BUC): sié-dô̤i
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sè-tāi / sì-tāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ do⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-de

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdài
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhday
    • Palladius: шидай (šidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ doi⁶
    • Yale: sai doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sié-dô̤i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɔy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'dai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'dai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ do⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-de
    • MiniDict: sy^去さ de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ de⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syejH dojH

Rime
Character	世よ	代だい
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	書しょ (26)	定じょう (7)
Final (韻いん)	祭まつり (35)	咍 (41)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	I
Fanqie	舒制せい切きり	徒と耐たい切きり
Baxter	syejH	dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/	/dʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/	/dəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/	/dɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/	/dəjH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/	/dᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/	/dɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3	doi6

Noun

世代せだい

1. (literary) era; age; period; epoch

Synonyms

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• 世よ (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 光陰こういん／光ひかり阴 (Dungan)
• 年代ねんだい (niándài)
• 年とし候こう兒じ／年とし候こう儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 年とし歲とし／年とし岁 (niánsuì)
• 年とし華はな／年とし华 (niánhuá)
• 時代じだい／时代 (shídài)
• 時期じき／时期 (shíqī)
• 朝代あさよ (cháodài)
• 歲月さいげつ／岁月 (suìyuè)

 

Adverb

世代せだい

1. (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Synonyms

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• 世よ (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
• 代代だいだい (dàidài) (literary)
• 祖そ代だい (zǔdài) (literary)
• 累るい世よ (lěishì) (literary)
• 累代るいだい (lěidài) (literary)

 

Verb

世代せだい

1. (literary) to pass on from one generation to the next

Synonyms

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• 承うけたまわ受 (chéngshòu)
• 承繼しょうけい／承うけたまわ继 (chéngjì)
• 承うけたまわ襲かさね／承うけたまわ袭 (chéngxí)
• 相承そうしょう (xiāngchéng) (formal)
• 繼承けいしょう／继承 (jìchéng)

 

Derived terms

• Y世代せだい
• 世世よよ代代だいだい (shìshìdàidài)
• 半はん世代せだい人じん
• 次世代じせだい (cìshìdài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世よ	代だい
せ Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 世代せだい (MC syejH dojH). First appears in the early 1500s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せだい [séꜜdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) せだい [sèdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞da̠i]

Noun

世よ(せ)代だい(だい) • (sedai) 

1. generation
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東ちゅうとうと北きたアフリカに関かんするバラク・オバマの演説えんぜつ, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     そして、新しん(あら)たな世代せだい(せだい)が出現しゅつげん(しゅつげん)した。

     Soshite, arata na sedai ga shutsugen shita.

     And so a new generation has emerged.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 世代せだい間あいだ (sedaikan): intergenerational
• 世代せだい管理かんり (sedai kanri): generation management
• 世代せだい交代こうたい (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
• 世代せだい間あいだ倫理りんり (sedaikan rinri): intergenerational ethics
• 異い世代せだい (isedai): intergenerational, of different generations
• 新しん世代せだい (shinsedai): new-generation
• 次世代じせだい (jisedai): next generation
• 同どう世代せだい (dōsedai): same generation, one's generation
• 異い世代せだい間あいだ (isedaikan): intergenerational
• 次世代じせだい携帯けいたい電話でんわ (jisedai keitai denwa): next-generation mobile phone
• 新しん世代せだいコンピュータ開発かいはつ機構きこう (shinsedai konpyūta kaihatsu kikō): ICOT
• 新世代コンピュしんせだいこんぴゅータ技術開発機構たぎじゅつかいはつきこう (shinsedai konpyūta gijutsu kaihatsu kikō): The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
• 現役げんえき世代せだい (gen'eki sedai): working generation, people still working
• 白しらけ世代せだい (shirakesedai): generation of young people apathetic about social issues
• 団塊だんかい世代せだい (dankai sedai): the babyboomers, the baby boom generation
• 第だい５世代せだいコンピュータ (daigo sedai konpyūta): Fifth Generation Computer System
• 第だい５世代せだいコンピューター (daigo sedai konpyūtā): the fifth generation computer
• 第だい４世代せだい言語げんご (daiyon sedai gengo): fourth generation language
• 相対そうたい世代せだい番号ばんごう (sōtai sedai bangō): relative generation number
• 団塊だんかいの世代せだい (dankai no sedai): baby boom generation

Korean

Hanja in this term
世よ	代だい

Noun

世代せだい • (sedae) (hangeul 세대)

1. hanja form^? of 세대 (“generation, era”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世よ	代だい

Noun

世代せだい

1. chữ Hán form of thế đại (“generation, era”).