世俗

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	vulgar
simp. and trad. (世俗)		世	俗
anagram		俗世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìsú

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄙㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-siu̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sio̍k / sì-sio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìsú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄙㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsú
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-su²
  - Yale: shr̀-sú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhswu
  - Palladius: шису (šisu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai³ zuk⁶
  - Yale: sai juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    世俗
    世族
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-siu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii xiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ xiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯uk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sè-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seasiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sì-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siesiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: syejH zjowk

Rime
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舒制切	似足切
Baxter	syejH	zjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/zɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛi^H/	/ziok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæi^H/	/ziok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaj^H/	/zuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛi^H/	/ziok̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/zĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/zi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	sú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai³	zuk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ap-s s-[ɢ]ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljebs ljoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	sú
Middle Chinese	‹ syej^H ›	‹ zjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ap-s/	/*s-[ɢ]ok/
English	generation	ways, customs; vulgar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11537	4302
Phonetic component	世	谷
Rime group	蓋	屋
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	丗	續
Old Chinese	/*hljebs/	/*ljoɡ/
Notes	本枼葉初文（文源）

Noun

世俗

the secular; the worldly; the profane
世俗和宗教之間的關係 [MSC, trad.]
世俗和宗教之间的关系 [MSC, simp.]
shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]
the relationship between the secular and the sacred
common custom; social convention

Synonyms

(the secular): 塵俗／尘俗 (chénsú)

Derived terms

不流世俗
世俗之見 / 世俗之见
世俗人
世俗化 (shìsúhuà)
世俗智
世俗諦 / 世俗谛

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世俗):

→ Japanese: 世(せ)俗(ぞく) (sezoku)
→ Korean: 세속(世俗) (sesok)
→ Vietnamese: thế tục (世俗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	俗
せ Grade: 3	ぞく Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞zo̞kɯ̟]

Adjective

世(せ)俗(ぞく) • (sezoku)

secular

Derived terms

世(せ)俗(ぞく)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (sezokushugi, “secularism”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	俗

Noun

世俗 • (sesok) (hangeul 세속)

hanja form^? of 세속 (“the (secular) world”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	俗

Adjective

世俗

chữ Hán form of thế tục (“secular”)

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

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Descendants

Further reading

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Korean

Noun

Vietnamese

Adjective