出世

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Chinese

to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
simp. and trad.
(出世) 		出 世

Pronunciation 1

Verb

出世

  1. (literary or dialectal) to come into the world; to be born
  2. to be introduced to the world; to come out; to be published
Synonyms
  • (to come into the world):
  • 出生 (chūshēng)
  • 生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
  • 落地 (figurative)
  • 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
  • 降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
  • 降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)
Dialectal synonyms of 出生 (“to be born”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 生, 出世
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 出生, 出世, 誕生, 降生, 降世
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 出生
Singapore 出生
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 出世
Cantonese Guangzhou 出世
Hong Kong 出世
Taishan 出世
Kaiping (Chikan) 出世
Singapore (Guangfu) 出世
Gan Nanchang 出世
Hakka Meixian 出世
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 出世
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 出世
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 出世
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 出世
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 出世
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 出世
Huizhou Jixi 出世
Eastern Min Fuzhou 出世
Southern Min Xiamen 出世
Quanzhou 出世
Zhangzhou 出世
Kaohsiung 出世
Yilan 出生
Changhua (Lukang) 出世
Taichung 出世
Taichung (Wuqi) 出世
Tainan 出世
Taitung 出世
Hsinchu 出世
Penghu (Magong) 出世
Singapore (Hokkien) 出世
Manila (Hokkien) 出世, 出生
Longyan 出世
Chaozhou 出世
Shantou 出生
Singapore (Teochew) 出世
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 出世
Wu Shanghai 出世
  • (to be introduced to the world):
Descendants
  • → Malay: cutsi (“to be born”)

Pronunciation 2

Verb

出世

  1. (Buddhism) to attain liberation from samsara
  2. to transcend worldliness
Derived terms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出 世
しゅつ > しゅっ
Grade: 1 		せ
Grade: 3
kan'on goon
 出世 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

出(しゅっ)世(せ) • (shusse) ←しゆつせ (syutuse)?

  1. success in life

Derived terms

Verb

出(しゅっ)世(せ)する • (shusse suru) ←しゆつせ (syutuse)?intransitive suru (stem 出(しゅっ)世(せ)し (shusse shi), past 出(しゅっ)世(せ)した (shusse shita))

  1. to rise (in the world, to a position, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "出世する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 出世し しゅっせし shusse shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 出世し しゅっせし shusse shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 出世する しゅっせする shusse suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 出世する しゅっせする shusse suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 出世すれ しゅっせすれ shusse sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 出世せよ¹
出世しろ² 		しゅっせせよ¹
しゅっせしろ² 		shusse seyo¹
shusse shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 出世される しゅっせされる shusse sareru
Causative 出世させる
出世さす 		しゅっせさせる
しゅっせさす 		shusse saseru
shusse sasu
Potential 出世できる しゅっせできる shusse dekiru
Volitional 出世しよう しゅっせしよう shusse shiyō
Negative 出世しない しゅっせしない shusse shinai
Negative continuative 出世せず しゅっせせず shusse sezu
Formal 出世します しゅっせします shusse shimasu
Perfective 出世した しゅっせした shusse shita
Conjunctive 出世して しゅっせして shusse shite
Hypothetical conditional 出世すれば しゅっせすれば shusse sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
出世

Noun

出世 • (chulse) (hangeul 출세)

  1. Hanja form? of 출세.
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