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life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime |
substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period |
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Pronunciation
Noun
世代
- (literary) era; age; period; epoch
Synonyms
- 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
- 年代 (niándài)
- 年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
- 年華／年华 (niánhuá)
- 時代／时代 (shídài)
- 時期／时期 (shíqī)
- 朝代 (cháodài)
- 歲月／岁月 (suìyuè)
Adverb
世代
- (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations
Synonyms
- 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
- 代代 (dàidài) (literary)
- 祖代 (zǔdài) (literary)
- 累世 (lěishì) (literary)
- 累代 (lěidài) (literary)
Verb
世代
- (literary) to pass on from one generation to the next
Synonyms
- 承受 (chéngshòu)
- 承繼／承继 (chéngjì)
- 承襲／承袭 (chéngxí)
- 相承 (xiāngchéng) (formal)
- 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 世代 (MC syejH dojH). First appears in the early 1500s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
世代 • (sedai)
- generation
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
- そして、新たな世代が出現した。
- Soshite, arata na sedai ga shutsugen shita.
- And so a new generation has emerged.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 世代間 (sedaikan): intergenerational
- 世代管理 (sedai kanri): generation management
- 世代交代 (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
- 世代間倫理 (sedaikan rinri): intergenerational ethics
- 異世代 (isedai): intergenerational, of different generations
- 新世代 (shinsedai): new-generation
- 次世代 (jisedai): next generation
- 同世代 (dōsedai): same generation, one's generation
- 異世代間 (isedaikan): intergenerational
- 次世代携帯電話 (jisedai keitai denwa): next-generation mobile phone
- 新世代コンピュータ開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta kaihatsu kikō): ICOT
- 新世代コンピュータ技術開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta gijutsu kaihatsu kikō): The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
- 現役世代 (gen'eki sedai): working generation, people still working
- 白け世代 (shirakesedai): generation of young people apathetic about social issues
- 団塊世代 (dankai sedai): the babyboomers, the baby boom generation
- 第５世代コンピュータ (daigo sedai konpyūta): Fifth Generation Computer System
- 第５世代コンピューター (daigo sedai konpyūtā): the fifth generation computer
- 第４世代言語 (daiyon sedai gengo): fourth generation language
- 相対世代番号 (sōtai sedai bangō): relative generation number
- 団塊の世代 (dankai no sedai): baby boom generation
References
Korean
Noun
世代 • (sedae) (hangeul 세대)
- hanja form? of 세대 (“generation, era”)
Vietnamese
Noun
世代
- chữ Hán form of thế đại (“generation, era”).