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Chinese
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life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
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boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
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simp. and trad. (世界)
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世
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Etymology
Coined by Buddhist translators (c. 3rd century) to translate Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “world”). In its original Buddhist sense, the word encompassed a range of spatial meanings from a 小世界 (xiǎo shìjiè, “minor world”) with a single sun and moon to the billion-world 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè, “trichiliocosm”). Its modern sense dates from Japanese 世界 (sekai) re-adaptation of the word in the nineteenth century and it has since largely displaced the classical 天下 (tiānxià, “all-under-Heaven”) in general usage.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Wanhua, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Wuqi, Tainan, Taitung, Lukang, Magong, Yilan, Kinmen, Jinjiang, Philippines, Penang, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Note:
5sy-ka — "
world", extrapolated tone contour from regular sandhi patterns. Rare, chiefly in non-conservative urban Shanghainese.
Noun
世界
- world
- 世界地圖/世界地图 ― shìjiè dìtú ― world map
- 世界秩序 ― shìjiè zhìxù ― world order
- 世界紀錄/世界纪录 ― shìjiè jìlù ― world record
- 世界潮流 ― shìjiè cháoliú ― global trend
- 內心世界/内心世界 ― nèixīn shìjiè ― inner world
- 環遊世界/环游世界 ― huányóu shìjiè ― to travel the world
- 世界各地 ― shìjiè gèdì ― all over the world
- 穆斯林世界 ― mùsīlín shìjiè ― Muslim world
世界第一大經濟體 [MSC, trad.]
世界第一大经济体 [MSC, simp.]- shìjiè dìyīdà jīngjìtǐ
- world's biggest economy
列為世界文化遺產 [MSC, trad.]
列为世界文化遗产 [MSC, simp.]- lièwéi shìjiè wénhuàyíchǎn
- to list as a world cultural heritage site
世界之大,無奇不有。 [MSC, trad.]
世界之大,无奇不有。 [MSC, simp.]- Shìjiè zhī dà, wúqíbùyǒu.
- The world is so big that nothing is too bizarre.
世界上唯一不變的就是變化。 [MSC, trad.]
世界上唯一不变的就是变化。 [MSC, simp.]- Shìjiè shàng wéiyī bùbiàn de jiùshì biànhuà.
- The only constant in the world is change.
中國高鐵的發展領先世界。 [MSC, trad.]
中国高铁的发展领先世界。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhōngguó gāotiě de fāzhǎn lǐngxiān shìjiè.
- China is leading the world in high-speed rail.
- (Buddhism) realm governed by a Buddha
- (Buddhism) space, universe
- (tarot) the World
- (Northern Wu) place, territory
- 一天世界 [Shanghainese] ― 7iq-thi-sy-ka [Wugniu] ― a mess
Synonyms
- 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 區宇/区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
- 四國/四国 (sìguó) (literary)
- 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
- 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
- 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
- 宇內/宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
- 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)
Dialectal synonyms of
地方 (“place (noun)”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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地方
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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地兒, 地方
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Taiwan
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地方
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Singapore
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地方
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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地界兒, 地兒, 地方
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Jinan
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地方, 地處
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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地方
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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位分
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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地方, 地頭, 塌塌
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Wuhan
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落地, 位子
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Guilin
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地方
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Guilin (Lingui)
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地方
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Pingle
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地方
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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地方
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Luzhai
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地方
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Nanning (Wuming)
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地方
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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落地, 地方
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Hefei
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場子, 地方
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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地方, 埞方, 埞
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Hong Kong
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地方, 埞, 埞方
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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地方
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Macau
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埞
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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埞, 埞方
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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地方
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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埞, 埞方
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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地方
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Foshan
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埞, 埞方
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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地
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Foshan (Shunde)
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埞
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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埞
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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地方
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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埞, 埞方
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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地方
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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埞
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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埞
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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埞
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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埞
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Taishan
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處, 埞方
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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處
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Enping (Niujiang)
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處
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Heshan (Yayao)
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地方
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Dongguan
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埞方
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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埞方
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Yangjiang
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處所
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Nanning
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埞
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Guiping
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地方
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Guiping (Jintian)
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地方
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Guiping (Jiangkou)
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地方, 埞方
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Guiping (Madong)
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地方
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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埞方
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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地方
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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地方
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Baise
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埞方, 埞
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Bobai
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地方
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Lingshan
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地方
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Pubei
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地方
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Qinzhou
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埞
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Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
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地方
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Beihai
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地方
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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地方
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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地方
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Ningming
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埞
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Hengzhou
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地方
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Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)
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地方
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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地方
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Gan
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Nanchang
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落地
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Pengze
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位置
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Yanshan
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所在
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Hakka
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Meixian
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地方
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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地方
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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地方
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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地方
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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埞
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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埞
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Changting
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地方
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Wuping
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地方
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Liancheng
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地方, 所在
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Liancheng (Peitian)
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地方
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Ninghua
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壇裡
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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地方
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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地方
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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地方
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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地方
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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地方
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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地方
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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地方
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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地方
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Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)
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地方
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Singkawang
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地方
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Pontianak (Meixian)
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地方
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Bangkok (Meixian)
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地方
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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許在, 許塊
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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地方
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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地方
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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地方, 所在
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Songxi
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地方
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Zhenghe
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所在
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Jianyang
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所在
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Wuyishan
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地方
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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地方, 所在, 位處
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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地方, 位處
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Lianjiang
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地方, 塊2
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Fuqing
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位處, 地方
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Pingtan
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位處
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Yongtai
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地道
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Minqing
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地方
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Gutian
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塊2
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Pingnan
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位場
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Luoyuan
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位處
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Ningde
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地方
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Xiapu
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地方
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Zherong
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所在
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Fuding
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所在
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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位處
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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所在
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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所在
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Quanzhou
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所在
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Jinjiang
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所在
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Nan'an
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所在
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Shishi
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所在
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Hui'an
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所在
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Anxi
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所在
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Yongchun
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所在
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Dehua
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所在
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Zhangzhou
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所在
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Zhangzhou (Longhai)
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所在
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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所在
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Hua'an
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所在
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Nanjing
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所在, 底仔
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Pinghe
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所在
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Zhangpu
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所在
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Yunxiao
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佇位
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Zhao'an
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位處
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Dongshan
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所在
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Taipei
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所在
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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地方, 所在
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Kaohsiung
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所在
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Yilan
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所在
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Changhua (Lukang)
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地方
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Taichung
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所在, 地方
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Tainan
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所在
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Hsinchu
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所在
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Kinmen
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所在
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Penghu (Magong)
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所在
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Penang (Hokkien)
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所在
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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所在, 地方
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Manila (Hokkien)
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所在
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Longyan
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所在
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Zhangping
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所在
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Datian
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所在
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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地方
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Chaozhou
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地方
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Shantou
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地方
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Jieyang
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地方
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Singapore (Teochew)
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地方
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Wenchang
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地方
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Qionghai
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地方
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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地方
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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位處
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Xianyou
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位處
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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停場
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Sanming (Sanyuan)
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場所
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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場所
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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塊2
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Shajing)
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埞
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Binyang
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地方
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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地方
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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地方
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Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)
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地方
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Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)
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地方
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Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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地方
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Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)
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地方
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Yangshuo (Jima)
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地方
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Wu
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Shanghai
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地方, 場化 dated, 戶蕩 dated
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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所在
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Suzhou
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場化
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Hangzhou
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所塊
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Hangzhou (Yuhang)
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地方, 戶蕩
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Ningbo
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地方, 塢探, 塢碎 rare, 塢埰, 塢宕, 塢湯
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Wenzhou
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地方
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Xiang
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Changsha
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地方
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Xiangxiang
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地方
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Shuangfeng
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場所, 地方
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Quanzhou
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地方
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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地方
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Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Further reading
Adverb
世界
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) extremely; super
- 世界甜 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― sè-kài tiⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― super sweet
Further reading
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”).[1][2] Compare Hokkien 世界 (sè-kài).
Pronunciation
Noun
世界 • (sekai)
- world
- 世界の各国から
- sekai no kakkoku kara
- from each country of the world
1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Just the two of us]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Tomorrow in the Letterbox] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 162:
- 目にはみえないが、この世界のほかに無数の世界が重さなりあって存在しているという…………。
- Me ni wa mienai ga, kono sekai no hoka ni musū no sekai ga kasanariatte sonzai shite iru to iu………….
- They say there are countless worlds that coexist with this one even though we can’t really see them….
そしてぼくはふたつの世界の境界を破ぶってこっちへとびこんできたんだ‼- Soshite boku wa futatsu no sekai no kyōkai o yabutte kotchi e tobikonde kita n da‼
- And I somehow managed to get across the boundary between our two worlds!!
1997 June 30 [1980 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポ空を行く [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], 58th edition, volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 188:
- はじめて見る広い世界が、楽しみだったわ。
- Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.
- I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.
1999 September 23, “ダーク・ラビット [Dark Rabbit]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
- アメリカンコミックの世界のウサギ。とても素早くちょこまかと動く。
- Amerikan komikku no sekai no usagi. Totemo subayaku chokomaka to ugoku.
- A bunny from the world of American comics. He restlessly leaps up and down like crazy fast.
2000 January 27, “トゥーン・アリゲーター [Toon Alligator]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
- アメリカンコミックの世界から現れた、ワニのモンスター。
- Amerikan komikku no sekai kara arawareta, wani no monsutā.
- A crocodilian monster from the world of American comics.
- a metaphorical world (how one lives one's life)
- 彼はこの世界に住んでいないようです。
- Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.
- It's like he's not living in this world.
- society, the times
- Synonyms: 世間 (seken), 世の中 (yo no naka)
- a realm, a circle, a sphere
- 文学の世界
- bungaku no sekai
- literary circles, the literary world
- (Buddhism) the four inner realms of 須弥山 (Shumisen)
- (Buddhism) realm governed by a buddha
- (Buddhism) space, universe
- (tarot) the World
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 世界遺産条約 (Sekai Isan Jōyaku, “Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”)
- 世界遺産登録地 (sekai isan tōroku chi, “World Heritage Site”)
- 世界一周旅行 (sekai isshū ryokō, “round-the-world trip”)
- 世界一 (sekaīchi, “best in the world, most (adjective) in the world”)
- 世界観 (sekaikan, “worldview”)
- 世界気象機関 (Sekai Kishō Kikan): the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- 世界恐慌 (Sekai Kyōkō, “Great Depression”)
- 世界記録 (sekai kiroku, “world record”)
- 世界銀行 (Sekai Ginkō, “World Bank”)
- 世界語 (sekaigo, “universal language, international language”)
- 世界国家 (sekai kokka)
- 世界史 (sekaishi, “world history”)
- 世界時 (sekaiji): Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Zulu time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
- 世界資源研究所 (Sekai Shigen Kenkyūsho): the World Resources Institute (WRI)
- 世界自然保護基金 (Sekai Shizen Hogo Kikin): the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- 世界中 (sekaijū, “throughout the world, all the world, worldwide”)
- 世界主義 (sekai shugi, “cosmopolitanism, internationalism”)
- 世界宗教 (sekai shukyō, “world religion”)
- 世界人 (sekaijin, “cosmopolite, person of the world”)
- 世界人権宣言 (Sekai Jinken Sengen, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”)
- 世界像 (sekaizō)
- 世界選手権大会 (sekai senshuken taikai, “world championship”)
- 世界大戦 (sekai taisen, “world war”)
- 世界知的所有権機関 (Sekai Chiteki Shoyūken Kikan): the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- 世界連 (sekaizure, “in line with the rest of the world, normal”)
- 世界的 (sekai-teki, “global”)
- 世界博覧会 (Sekai Hakurankai, “World Fair, World Exposition”)
- 世界平和 (sekai heiwa, “world peace”)
- 世界貿易機構 (Sekai Bōeki Kikō): the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 世界保健機構 (Sekai Hoken Kikō): the World Health Organization (WHO)
- 世界労働組合連盟 (Sekai Rōdō Kumiai Renmei): the World Federation of Trade Unions (WTFU)
- 異世界 (isekai, “different world”)
- 可能世界 (kanō sekai)
- 器世界 (kisekai)
- 旧世界 (kyū-sekai, “Old World”)
- 銀世界 (gin sekai)
- 月世界 (gessekai)
- 実世界 (jissekai)
- 新世界 (shin-sekai, “new world, the New World”)
- 全世界 (zensekai)
- 第一世界 (Daīchi Sekai, “First World”)
- 第二世界 (Daini Sekai, “Second World”)
- 第三世界 (Daisan Sekai, “Third World”)
- 反世界 (hansekai)
- 別世界 (bessekai, “different world, separate world”)
- 世世界 (yosekai)
Idioms
Idioms
- 世界に余った女は無い (sekai ni amatta onna wa nai): "there are no leftover women in the world" → there is someone for everyone (said particularly to women)
- 世界に鬼は無い (sekai ni oni wa nai): "there are no devils in the world" → the world is not full of heartless people, and there are many kind souls who will lend a hand (compare "the kindness of strangers")
- 世界は大戯場の如し (sekai wa daigijō no gotoshi, “the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage”)
- 世界は張り物 (sekai wa harimono, “the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man”)
- 世界は回り持ち (sekai wa mawarimochi, “the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season”)
- 世界半分自惚れしっかり (sekai hanbun unubore shikkari, “of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world”)
- 世界我が物 (sekai wagamono, “the world is one's possession → acting as if one owns the world”)
See also
Proper noun
世界 • (Sekai)
- a female given name
- a surname
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
世界 • (segye) (hangeul 세계)
- hanja form? of 세계 (“world”)
Okinawan
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 世界 (ɕiᴇiH kˠɛiH). Cognate with Japanese 世界 (sekai).
Pronunciation
Noun
世界 (shikē)
- world, society
Vietnamese
Noun
世界
- chữ Hán form of thế giới (“world”).