一世
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Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime | ||
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| simp. and trad. (一世) |
一 | 世 | |
| anagram | 世一 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 sai3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sṳ
- Eastern Min (BUC): siŏh-*sié
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-sè
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7iq-sy
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i6 shr4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīshì
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yishìh
- Wade–Giles: i1-shih4
- Yale: yī-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyh
- Palladius: иши (iši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
一世
伊勢 / 伊势
醫士 / 医士
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 sai3
- Yale: yāt sai
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 sai3
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 sei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: idˋ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid5 si4
- Sinological IPA: /it̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)idˋ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid5 si4
- Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏh-*sié
- Sinological IPA (key): /suoʔ⁵⁻²¹ siɛ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-sè
- Tâi-lô: it-sè
- Phofsit Daibuun: itsex
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ se²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
一世
- throughout one's life
- first generation
Synonyms
- (throughout one's life):
Dialectal synonyms of 一輩子 (“all one's life; lifetime”)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 一 | 世 |
| ひと Grade: 1 |
よ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 一 | 世 |
| いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
せ Grade: 3 |
| goon | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 一 | 世 |
| いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 3 |
| goon | kan'on |
Pronunciation
Noun
- one generation
- one lifetime
- (monarchy) one East Asian imperial reign
- 一世一元
- issei ichigen
- one reign, one era
- 一世一元
- the first generation
- エドワード一世
- Edowādo issei
- Edward I
- 日系一世
- nikkei issei
- the first generation of Japanese-Americans
- エドワード一世
(alternative reading hiragana いっせ, rōmaji isse)
- (Buddhism) one of the 三世 (sanze, literally “three lifetimes”), namely 過去 (“the past”), 現在 (“the present”) and 未来 (“the future”)
- one lifetime
- one as the first generation, in contrast with 二世 (nise, one's children as the second generation) and 三世 (sanze, one's grandchildren as the third generation)
- the primary relationship between parents and children, in contrast with 二世 (nise, secondary relationship between spouses) and 三世 (sanze, tertiary relationship between master and servant)
(alternative reading hiragana ひとよ, rōmaji hitoyo)
- (archaic) one lifetime
See also
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 一 | 世 |
| かず Grade: 1 |
とし Grade: 3 |
| nanori | |
Proper noun
- a male given name