世世

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (世世)		世	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-sṳ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshìh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshyh
  - Palladius: шиши (šiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    世世
    世事
    事事
    事勢 / 事势
    筮仕
    視事 / 视事
    逝世
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ sai³
  - Yale: sai sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/

Adjective

世世

from age to age; from generation to generation

Derived terms

世世代代 (shìshìdàidài)
世世生生

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
世々

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーせー [séꜜèsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

世(せい)世(せい) • (seisei)

many generations; from age to age

Synonyms

代代(だいだい) (daidai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
世	世
よ Grade: 3	よ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 世世 – see the following entry.

【代代だいだい】

[noun] generation after generation

Alternative spellings
代々, 世々, よよ

(This term, 世世, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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