世上

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	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
simp. and trad. (世上)		世	上
anagram		上世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ soeng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-song
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sè-siōng / sì-siāng / sè-siāng / sè-chiūⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ zion⁷ / si³ ziên⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshàng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shang⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshanq
  - Palladius: шишан (šišan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ soeng⁶
  - Yale: sai seuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ soeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sœːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-song
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii song
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ song⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ soŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: sè-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seasiong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-siāng
  - Tâi-lô: sì-siāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siesiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-siāng
  - Tâi-lô: sè-siāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seasiang
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chiūⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sè-tsiūnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seacviu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ zion⁷ / si³ ziên⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tsiōⁿ / sì tsiēⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩõ¹¹/, /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩẽ¹¹/

Noun

世上

(formal) in all of the world; in the whole world; on earth
- 人生世上，勢位富貴，蓋可忽乎哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  人生世上，势位富贵，盖可忽乎哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Rénshēng shìshàng, shì wèi fùguì, gài kě hū hū zāi! [Pinyin]
  What person born on this earth can pay no heed to power, wealth and titles?
- 那光是眞光，照亮一切生在世上的人。 [MSC, trad.]
  那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1919: 《和合本聖經·約翰福音》 (Chinese Union Version, John 1:9)
  Nà guāng shì zhēn guāng, zhàoliàng yīqiè shēng zài shìshàng de rén. [Pinyin]
  That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
- 世上只有媽媽好，沒媽的孩子像根草。 [MSC, trad.]
  世上只有妈妈好，没妈的孩子像根草。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1958/1960: 蕭芳芳《妈妈好》 (Theme song of 《苦兒流浪記》)
  Shìshàng zhǐyǒu māmā hǎo, méi mā de háizǐ xiàng gēn cǎo. [Pinyin]
  Only mom is the best in the whole world, a child with no mother is like a blade of grass.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世上):

→ Japanese: 世(せ)上(じょう) (sejō)
→ Korean: 세상(世上) (sesang)
→ Vietnamese: thế thượng (世上)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	上

Noun

世上 • (sesang) (hangeul 세상)

hanja form^? of 세상 (“world”)