世界せかい

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Chinese

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life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
boundary; scope; extent
boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
 
simp. and trad.
(世界せかい)
さかい

Etymology

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Coined by Buddhist translators (c. 3rd century) to translate Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, world). In its original Buddhist sense, the word encompassed a range of spatial meanings from a しょう世界せかい (xiǎo shìjiè, “minor world”) with a single sun and moon to the billion-world さんせん大千世界だいせんせかい (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè, “trichiliocosm”). Its modern sense dates from Japanese 世界せかい(せ​かい) (se​kai) re-adaptation of the word in the nineteenth century and it has since largely displaced the classical 天下てんか (tiānxià, “all-under-Heaven”) in general usage.

Pronunciation

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Note: 5sy-ka — "world", extrapolated tone contour from regular sandhi patterns. Rare, chiefly in non-conservative urban Shanghainese.

Rime
Character さかい
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (こえ) しょ (26) (28)
Final (いん) まつり (35) みな (33)
Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open
Division (ひとし) III II
Fanqie せいきり ふるはいきり
Baxter syejH keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇiH/ /kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛiH/ /kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjæiH/ /kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajH/ /kəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛiH/ /kɛiH/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛiH/ /kɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛiH/ /kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shì jiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai3 gaai3

Noun

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世界せかい

  1. world
    世界せかい地圖ちず世界せかい  ―  shìjiè dìtú  ―  world map
    世界せかい秩序ちつじょ  ―  shìjiè zhìxù  ―  world order
    世界せかいろく世界せかい纪录  ―  shìjiè jìlù  ―  world record
    世界せかい潮流ちょうりゅう  ―  shìjiè cháoliú  ―  global trend
    內心世界せかい内心ないしん世界せかい  ―  nèixīn shìjiè  ―  inner world
    かんゆう世界せかい环游世界せかい  ―  huányóu shìjiè  ―  to travel the world
    世界せかい各地かくち  ―  shìjiè gèdì  ―  all over the world
    きよし斯林世界せかい  ―  mùsīlín shìjiè  ―  Muslim world
    世界せかいだいいちだい經濟けいざいたい [MSC, trad.]
    世界せかいだいいちだい经济たい [MSC, simp.]
    shìjiè dìyīdà jīngjìtǐ [Pinyin]
    world's biggest economy
    れつため世界せかい文化ぶんか遺產いさん [MSC, trad.]
    れつ世界せかい文化ぶんか遗产 [MSC, simp.]
    lièwéi shìjiè wénhuàyíchǎn [Pinyin]
    to list as a world cultural heritage site
    世界せかいこれだいゆう [MSC, trad.]
    世界せかいこれだい无奇ゆう [MSC, simp.]
    Shìjiè zhī dà, wúqíbùyǒu. [Pinyin]
    The world is so big that nothing is too bizarre.
    世界せかいうえ唯一ゆいいつ不變ふへんてき就是變化へんか [MSC, trad.]
    世界せかいうえ唯一ゆいいつてき就是变化 [MSC, simp.]
    Shìjiè shàng wéiyī bùbiàn de jiùshì biànhuà. [Pinyin]
    The only constant in the world is change.
    中國ちゅうごくこうてつてき發展はってんりょうさき世界せかい [MSC, trad.]
    中国ちゅうごくこうてき发展领先世界せかい [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó gāotiě de fāzhǎn lǐngxiān shìjiè. [Pinyin]
    China is leading the world in high-speed rail.
  2. (Buddhism) realm governed by a Buddha
  3. (Buddhism) space, universe
  4. (tarot) the World
  5. (Northern Wu) place, territory
    一天いってん世界せかい [Shanghainese]  ―  7iq-thi-sy-ka [Wugniu]  ―  a mess

Synonyms

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  • (world):
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  • (place):

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (世界せかい):

Others:

Further reading

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Adverb

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世界せかい

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) extremely; super
    世界せかい [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  sè-kài tiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  super sweet

Further reading

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
さかい

Grade: 3
かい
Grade: 3
goon kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 世界せかい (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, region or part of the world).[1][2] Compare Hokkien 世界せかい (sè-kài).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()さかい(かい) (sekai

  1. world
    ()さかい(かい)かく(かっ)くに(こく)から
    sekai no kakkoku kara
    from each country of the world
    • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Just the two of us]”, in ポストのなか明日あした [Tomorrow in the Letterbox] (藤子とうこ不二雄ふじお少年しょうねんSFたん編集へんしゅう; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 162:
      ()にはみえないが、この()さかい(かい)のほかに()かず(すう)()さかい(かい)おも()さなりあってそん(そん)ざい(ざい)しているという…………。
      Me ni wa mienai ga, kono sekai no hoka ni musū no sekai ga kasanariatte sonzai shite iru to iu………….
      They say there are countless worlds that coexist with this one even though we can’t really see them….
      そしてぼくはふたつの()さかい(かい)さかい(きょう)さかい(かい)やぶ()ぶってこっちへとびこんできたんだ‼
      Soshite boku wa futatsu no sekai no kyōkai o yabutte kotchi e tobikonde kita n da‼
      And I somehow managed to get across the boundary between our two worlds!!
    • 1997 June 30 [1980 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポそら [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], 58th edition, volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 188:
      はじめて()ひろ(ひろ)()さかい(かい)が、らく(たの)しみだったわ。
      Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.
      I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.
    • 1999 September 23, “ダーク・ラビット [Dark Rabbit]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
      アメリカンコミックの()さかい(かい)のウサギ。とてももと()はや(ばや)くちょこまかとどう(うご)く。
      Amerikan komikku no sekai no usagi. Totemo subayaku chokomaka to ugoku.
      A bunny from the world of American comics. He restlessly leaps up and down like crazy fast.
    • 2000 January 27, “トゥーン・アリゲーター [Toon Alligator]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
      アメリカンコミックの()さかい(かい)からげん(あらわ)れた、ワニのモンスター。
      Amerikan komikku no sekai kara arawareta, wani no monsutā.
      A crocodilian monster from the world of American comics.
  2. a metaphorical world (how one lives one's life)
    かれ(かれ)はこの()さかい(かい)じゅう()んでいないようです。
    Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.
    It's like he's not living in this world.
  3. society, the times
    Synonyms: 世間せけん (seken), なか (yo no naka)
  4. a realm, a circle, a sphere
    ぶん(ぶん)がく(がく)()さかい(かい)
    bungaku no sekai
    literary circles, the literary world
  5. (Buddhism) the four inner realms of 須弥山しゅみせん (Shumisen)
  6. (Buddhism) realm governed by a buddha
  7. (Buddhism) space, universe
  8. (tarot) the World

Derived terms

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Idioms

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See also

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Proper noun

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()さかい(かい) (Sekai

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉だいじせん [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term
さかい

Noun

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世界せかい (segye) (hangeul 세계)

  1. hanja form? of 세계 (world)

Okinawan

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Kanji in this term
さかい
Grade: 3 Grade: 3

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 世界せかい (ɕiᴇiH kˠɛiH). Cognate with Japanese ()さかい(かい) (sekai).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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世界せかい(しけー) (shikē

  1. world, society

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
さかい

Noun

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世界せかい

  1. chữ Hán form of thế giới (world).