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Chinese
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life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
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vulgar
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simp. and trad. (世俗)
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世
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俗
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anagram
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俗世
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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世
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俗
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shì
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sú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syejH ›
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‹ zjowk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ap-s/
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/*s-ok/
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English
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generation
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ways, customs; vulgar
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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世
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俗
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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11537
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4302
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Phonetic component
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世
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谷
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Rime group
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蓋
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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丗
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續
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Old Chinese
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/*hljebs/
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/*ljoɡ/
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Notes
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本枼葉初文(文源)
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Noun
世俗
- 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
- common custom; social convention
Synonyms
- (the secular): 塵俗/尘俗 (chénsú)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
世俗 • (sezoku)
- secular
Derived terms
Korean
Noun
世俗 • (sesok) (hangeul 세속)
- hanja form? of 세속 (“the (secular) world”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
世俗
- chữ Hán form of thế tục (“secular”).