曠世

See also: 旷世

Chinese

		waste; wilderness	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (曠世)		曠	世
simp. (旷世)		旷	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuàngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: kwàng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanqshyh
  - Palladius: куанши (kuanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwong³ sai³
  - Yale: kwong sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

曠世

(literary) without peer in one's generation; outstanding
(literary) long lasting

Synonyms

(without peer in one's generation): (literary) 絕代／绝代 (juédài), (literary) 絕世／绝世 (juéshì)
(long lasting):

久遠 / 久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
久長 / 久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
延長 / 延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
彌遠 / 弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
恆久 / 恒久 (héngjiǔ)
悠久 (yōujiǔ)
悠長 / 悠长 (yōucháng)
永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
永恆 / 永恒 (yǒnghéng)
漫長 / 漫长 (màncháng)
終古 / 终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
長久 / 长久 (chángjiǔ)
長遠 / 长远 (chángyuǎn)

Derived terms

曠世逸才 / 旷世逸才 (kuàngshìyìcái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曠	世
こう Hyōgai	せい Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

曠(こう)世(せい) • (kōsei)

(something) unparalleled, without equal, peerless
曠(こう)世(せい)の偉(い)業(ぎょう)である。
Kōsei no igyō de aru.
It is an unparalleled achievement.