厭世

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See also: 厌世

Chinese

		loathe	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (厭世)		厭	世
simp. (厌世)		厌	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ sai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàm-sè / iàm-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: yàn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannshyh
  - Palladius: яньши (janʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim³ sai³
  - Yale: yim sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ sɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sè
  - Tâi-lô: iàm-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsex
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-sì
  - Tâi-lô: iàm-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iarmsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

厭世

to be world-weary; to be pessimistic
厭世臉／厌世脸 ― yànshìliǎn ― (neologism) world-loathing look; resting bitch face
to be cynical
to be misanthropic
(historical) to go die

Adjective

厭世

pessimistic
cynical
- 一週的假期就要結束了，我開始對一切都很厭世。 [MSC, trad.]
  一周的假期就要结束了，我开始对一切都很厌世。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 「要收心了，好厭世😢」英文怎麼說？
  Yīzhōu de jiǎqī jiùyào jiéshù le, wǒ kāishǐ duì yīqiè dōu hěn yànshì.
  The one-week holiday is about to come to an end, and I've started to feel cynical about everything.
misanthropic
- 王爾德和叔本華這類人，英文稱為 misanthrope，字面意思直譯為厭人者，源自希臘文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人類。 [MSC, trad.]
  王尔德和叔本华这类人，英文称为 misanthrope，字面意思直译为厌人者，源自希腊文mīsos——意思是憎恨，加上ānthropos——意思是人类。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 厭人不厭世
  Wáng'ěrdé hé shūběnhuá zhè lèi rén, yīngwén chēngwèi misanthrope, zìmiàn yìsī zhíyì wèi yànrén zhě, yuánzì xīlàwén mīsos — yìsī shì zēnghèn, jiāshàng ānthropos — yìsī shì rénlèi.
  In English, they call misanthrope to people like Wilde and Schopenhauer, literally means "person who hate people". Its etymology is from the Greek mīsos, which means "hate" with ānthropos, which means "human".

Derived terms

厭世主義 / 厌世主义 (yànshì zhǔyì)
厭世觀 / 厌世观 (yànshìguān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厭	世
えん Hyōgai	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんせー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

厭(えん)世(せい) • (ensei)

pessimism; weariness with life

Derived terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
厭	世

Noun

厭世 • (yeomse) (hangeul 염세)

hanja form^? of 염세 (“pessimism; weariness with life”)

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