來世

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See also: 来世

Chinese

		to come	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (來世)		來	世
simp. (来世)		来	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láishì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-sè / lâi-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láishìh
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-shih⁴
  - Yale: lái-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishyh
  - Palladius: лайши (lajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    來世／来世
    來勢／来势
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ sai³
  - Yale: lòih sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ sɐi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    來世／来世
    來勢／来势
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: loi² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-sè
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laisex
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-sì
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laisix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² si²¹/

Noun

來世

(obsolete) future eras; future generations
(Buddhism) the future world; the next world; the world to come; the afterlife; the next life

Synonyms

(the next life)

下世 (xiàshì)
下輩子／下辈子 (xiàbèizi)
來生／来生 (láishēng)
後世／后世 (hòushì)
後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 下輩子 (“the next life”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		來生, 來世
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	下輩子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	後世
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	下輩子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	後世
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	後世
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	二輩子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	下世
Gan	Nanchang	來生
Hakka	Meixian	下生人, 來生
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	後世
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	轉生世
	Wengyuan	下生世人
	Liannan	下一世
	Jiexi	下世
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	後世
	Changting	後世
	Wuping	下生世人
	Ninghua	再世
	Ningdu	後世
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	後生世
	Dayu	後生世
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出過世
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出過世
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出過世
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出過世
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出過世
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	後世人
	Hong Kong	後世
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	下世
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	後世
	Xinyi (Sihe)	下一世
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	後世
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	後世
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	後世
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	第二世
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	下世
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	來世
	Mengshan (Xihe)	後世
	Luchuan	來世
Jin	Taiyuan	下輩子
Southern Min	Xiamen	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Quanzhou	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Zhangzhou	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Tainan	下世儂, 後出世, 後世儂, 後世
	Longyan	下生世人
	Jieyang	下世儂
	Leizhou	後世
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	來世

Japanese

Kanji in this term
來	世
らい Jinmeiyō	せ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

來(らい)世(せ) • (raise)

Kyūjitai form of 来世 (“the hereafter, the next world after death”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
來	世

Noun

來世 • (naese) (hangeul 내세)

hanja form^? of 내세 (“afterlife”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
來	世

Noun

來世

chữ Hán form of lai thế (“afterlife”).

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