現世

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Chinese

appear; present; now
appear; present; now; existing; current
 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
trad. (現世) 現 世
simp. (现世) 现 世

Pronunciation

Noun

現世

  1. this life

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

現世

  1. to see the light of day; to come out
  2. to lose face; to be disgraced; to bring shame on oneself

Synonyms

  • (to see the light of day):
  • (to lose face):
Dialectal synonyms of 丟臉 (“to lose face”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 丟臉, 丟人, 丟面子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 丟份兒
Taiwan 丟臉, 丟人現眼
Harbin 丟人, 丟份兒, 丟份子, 現眼
Singapore 丟臉
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 丟人, 丟人現眼, 現眼
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 丟人, 丟人顯臉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 丟人, 丟臉, 丟人現眼
Wanrong 丟人, 丟人現眼
Xi'an 丟人
Xining 丟人現眼的, 丟人敗壞的
Xuzhou 現世, 現, 現眼, 現鼻子現眼, 現鼻子拉眼
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 丟人, 羞人, 丟醜
Ürümqi 丟人, 丟臉, 丟醜, 丟面子, 丟人現眼, 丟人擺呆, 丟人敗姓, 現眼
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 丟人, 丟臉, 丟皮子, 肇皮
Wuhan 丟譏, 丟醜, 丟人, 丟臉, 折人, 坍臺, 丟人現眾, 掉底子
Liuzhou 丟臉
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 丟人, 丟臉
Yangzhou 丟人, 現世
Cantonese Guangzhou 丟架
Hong Kong 丟架, 丟人現眼
Singapore (Guangfu) 丟架
Gan Nanchang 跌臉, 折面子, 現世
Pingxiang 丟醜
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 失面子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 失面子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 失面子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 失面子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 失面子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 失面子
Huizhou Jixi 現世
Jin Taiyuan 丟人, 敗興, 現眼, 丟人現眼, 丟人敗興
Xinzhou 丟人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 現世
Southern Min Xiamen 落氣, 落臉, 獻世, 失氣
Quanzhou 落氣, 落臉, 失氣, 失外氣
Zhangzhou 落氣, 落臉, 現世, 失氣, 失外氣
Tainan 落氣, 落臉, 失體面, 失氣
Penang (Hokkien) 落氣
Singapore (Hokkien) 落氣, 瀉衰
Manila (Hokkien) 落氣
Jieyang 瀉衰, 瀉世界, 瀉世瀉界, 瀉衰儂
Singapore (Teochew) 落氣, 瀉衰
Batam (Teochew) 落氣, 瀉衰
Haikou 敗色水
Wu Shanghai 現世, 退招勢
Suzhou 現世
Danyang 現世
Xiang Changsha 丟格, 失格, 折格, 射格, 扮式样

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
現 世
げん
Grade: 5 		せ > ぜ
Grade: 3
goon
Kanji in this term
現 世
げん
Grade: 5 		せ
Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 現世.

Noun

現(げん)世(せ) or 現(げん)世(ぜ) • (gense or genze) 

  1. (Buddhism) the current life, one of the 三世 (sanze, “three lives”), opposed to 前世 (zense, “previous life”) and 来世 (raise)/後世 (gose, “next life”)
    現(げん)世(せ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ)
    gense shugi
    secularism
    あれは兵(へい)器(き)ではなく、地(じ)獄(ごく)を現(げん)世(せ)に現(あらわ)すものです。
    Are wa heiki de wa naku, jigoku o gense ni arawasu mono desu.
    It was not a weapon, but a manifestation of hell on earth.
    (literally, “That was not a weapon, was a thing that manifested hell into the current life.”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
現 世
うつし
Grade: 5 		よ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

現, 現し (“current”, adjectival stem) +‎ 世 (“world; life”)

Noun

現(うつし)世(よ) • (utsushiyo) 

  1. the current life

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
現 世
げん
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 3
goon kan'on

Proper noun

現(げん)世(せい) • (Gensei) 

  1. (geology) the Holocene epoch

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