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Chinese
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life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime |
interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word) |
| trad. (世間)
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世
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間
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| simp. (世间)
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世
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间
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Pronunciation
Noun
世間
- (literary) this world; the human world; the world of mortals
Synonyms
- 人世 (rénshì)
- 人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
- 人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
- 人間／人间 (rénjiān)
- 人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
- 俗世 (súshì)
- 凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
- 塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
- 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
- 塵俗／尘俗 (chénsú)
- 塵寰／尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
- 塵間／尘间 (chénjiān)
- 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)
Derived terms
References
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
世間 • (seken)
- society, public
Derived terms
See also
Korean
Noun
世間 • (segan) (hangeul 세간)
- hanja form? of 세간 (“society, public”)
Vietnamese
Noun
世間
- chữ Hán form of thế gian (“world”).