永世

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (永世)		永	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yung³-shih⁴
  - Yale: yǔng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongshyh
  - Palladius: юнши (junši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    勇士
    永世
    永逝
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ sai³
  - Yale: wíhng sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun^ˋ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˋ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-sè
  - Tâi-lô: íng-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngsex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

Noun

永世

all one's life; one's lifetime

Synonyms

一世 (yīshì)
一生 (yīshēng)
一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
一輩子 / 一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
平生 (píngshēng)
永生 (yǒngshēng)
沒世 / 没世 (mòshì)
生平 (shēngpíng)
畢生 / 毕生 (bìshēng)
終生 / 终生 (zhōngshēng)
終身 / 终身 (zhōngshēn)
輩 / 辈 (bèi)
輩子 / 辈子 (bèizi)

Adverb

永世

forever; eternity; perpetuity

Synonyms

永遠 / 永远 (yǒngyuǎn)
終古 / 终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)

Derived terms

永世不得翻身 (yǒngshì bùdé fānshēn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (永世):

→ Japanese: 永世(えいせい) (eisei)
→ Korean: 영세(永世) (yeongse)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	世
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えーせー [èéséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

永(えい)世(せい) • (eisei)

eternity, permanence, perpetuity, immortality