上世

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (上世)		上	世
anagram		世上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: shàng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshyh
  - Palladius: шанши (šanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上世
    上士
    上市
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ sai³
  - Yale: seuhng sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

上世

primeval times; prehistoric times
previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

(previous generations):

上代 (shàngdài)
前代 (qiándài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	世
じょう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーせー [jóꜜòsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

上(じょう)世(せい) • (jōsei) ^{←じやうせい (zyausei)^?}

antiquity, ancient times
Synonyms: 上古 (jōko), 上代 (jōdai)

See also

上(かみ)つ世(よ) (kamitsuyo)

References

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

“上世”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

Hanja in this term
上	世

Noun

上世 • (sangse) (hangeul 상세)

hanja form^? of 상세 (“previous generation; ancestral generation”)