世子

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (世子)		世	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: shr̀-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyy
  - Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    世子
    士子
    釋子 / 释子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ zi²
  - Yale: sai jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chú
  - Tâi-lô: sè-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seazuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

世子

royal highness; crown prince

Synonyms

儲君 / 储君 (chǔjūn)
國本 / 国本 (guóběn) (literary)
太子 (tàizǐ)
春宮 / 春宫 (chūngōng) (literary, metonymically)
東宮 / 东宫 (dōnggōng) (literary, metonymically)
王儲 / 王储 (wángchǔ)
王太子 (wángtàizǐ)
皇儲 / 皇储 (huángchǔ)
皇嗣 (huángsì)
皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)
青宮 / 青宫 (literary, metonymically)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世子):

→ Japanese: 世子(せいし) (seishi)
→ Korean: 세자(世子) (seja)
→ Vietnamese: thế tử (世子)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	子
せい Grade: 3	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

世嗣

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕi]

Noun

世(せい)子(し) • (seishi)

heir or successor of an important person such as an emperor, lord, or daimyo

Synonyms

世継(よつ)ぎ (yotsugi)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	子

Noun

世子 • (seja) (hangeul 세자)

hanja form^? of 세자 (“crown prince”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	子

Noun

世子

chữ Hán form of thế tử (“royal highness; crown prince”)