厭世

See also: 厌世

Chinese

		loathe	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (厭世)		厭	世
simp. (厌世)		厌	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ sai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàm-sè / iàm-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: yàn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannshyh
  - Palladius: яньши (janʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim³ sai³
  - Yale: yim sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ sɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sè
  - Tâi-lô: iàm-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsex
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sì
  - Tâi-lô: iàm-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

厭世

to be world-weary; to be pessimistic
厭世臉／厌世脸 ― yànshìliǎn ― (neologism) world-loathing look; resting bitch face
to be cynical
to be misanthropic
(historical) to go die

Adjective

厭世

pessimistic
cynical
- 一週的假期就要結束了，我開始對一切都很厭世。 [MSC, trad.]
  一周的假期就要结束了，我开始对一切都很厌世。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 「要收心了，好厭世😢」英文怎麼說？
  Yīzhōu de jiǎqī jiùyào jiéshù le, wǒ kāishǐ duì yīqiè dōu hěn yànshì. [Pinyin]
  The one-week holiday is about to come to an end, and I've started to feel cynical about everything.
misanthropic
- 王爾德和叔本華這類人，英文稱為 misanthrope，字面意思直譯為厭人者，源自希臘文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人類。 [MSC, trad.]
  王尔德和叔本华这类人，英文称为 misanthrope，字面意思直译为厌人者，源自希腊文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人类。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 厭人不厭世
  Wáng'ěrdé hé shūběnhuá zhè lèi rén, yīngwén chēngwèi misanthrope, zìmiàn yìsī zhíyì wèi yànrén zhě, yuánzì xīlàwén mīsos — yìsī shì zēnghèn, jiāshàng ānthropos — yìsī shì rénlèi. [Pinyin]
  In English, they call misanthrope to people like Wilde and Schopenhauer, literally means "person who hate people". Its etymology is from the Greek mīsos[sic], which means "hate" with ānthropos[sic], which means "human".

Derived terms

厭世主義 / 厌世主义 (yànshì zhǔyì)
厭世觀 / 厌世观 (yànshìguān)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんせー [èńséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

厭(えん)世(せい) • (ensei)

pessimism; weariness with life

Derived terms

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
厭	世

Noun

厭世 • (yeomse) (hangeul 염세)

hanja form^? of 염세 (“pessimism; weariness with life”)