世俗

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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 		/ɕiᴇiH/ /zɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛiH/ /ziok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjæiH/ /ziok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiajH/ /zuawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛiH/ /ziok̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛiH/ /zĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛiH/ /zi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shì sú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sai3 zuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 世 俗
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shì sú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syejH › ‹ zjowk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ap-s/ /*s-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. * 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

  1. 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
    the relationship between the secular and the sacred
  2. common custom; social convention

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世俗):

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世 俗
せ
Grade: 3 		ぞく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

世(せ)俗(ぞく) • (sezoku) 

  1. secular

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
世俗

Noun

世俗 • (sesok) (hangeul 세속)

  1. Hanja form? of 세속 (“the (secular) world”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世俗

Adjective

世俗

  1. chữ Hán form of thế tục (“secular”).
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