世俗

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	vulgar
simp. and trad. (世俗)		世	俗
anagram		俗世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìsú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄙㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zuk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-siu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sio̍k / sì-sio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìsú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsú
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-su²
    • Yale: shr̀-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhswu
    • Palladius: шису (šisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai³ zuk⁶
    • Yale: sai juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 世俗 世族

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-siu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii xiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ xiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sè-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sì-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siesiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ siɔk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syejH zjowk

Rime
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舒制切	似足切
Baxter	syejH	zjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/	/zɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/	/ziok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/	/ziok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/	/zuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/	/ziok̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/	/zĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/zi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	sú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ap-s  s-[ɢ]ok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljebs  ljoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	sú
Middle Chinese	‹ syejH ›	‹ zjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ap-s/	/*s-[ɢ]ok/
English	generation	ways, customs; vulgar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	世	俗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11537	4302
Phonetic component	世	谷
Rime group	蓋	屋
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	丗	續
Old Chinese	/*hljebs/	/*ljoɡ/
Notes	本枼葉初文（文源）

Noun

世俗

1. the secular; the worldly; the profane

   世俗和宗教之間的關係 [MSC, trad.]
   世俗和宗教之间的关系 [MSC, simp.]

   shìsú hé zōngjiào zhījiān de guānxì [Pinyin]

   the relationship between the secular and the sacred

2. common custom; social convention

Synonyms

• (the secular): 塵俗／尘俗 (chénsú)

Derived terms

• 不流世俗
• 世俗之見／世俗之见
• 世俗人
• 世俗化 (shìsúhuà)
• 世俗智
• 世俗諦／世俗谛

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世俗):

• → Japanese: 世(せ)俗(ぞく) (sezoku)
• → Korean: 세속(世俗) (sesok)
• → Vietnamese: thế tục (世俗)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “世俗” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	俗
せ Grade: 3	ぞく Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞zo̞kɯ̟]

Adjective

世(せ)俗(ぞく) • (sezoku) 

1. secular

Derived terms

• 世(せ)俗(ぞく)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (sezokushugi, “secularism”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	俗

Noun

世俗 • (sesok) (hangeul 세속)

1. hanja form^? of 세속 (“the (secular) world”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	俗

Adjective

世俗

1. chữ Hán form of thế tục (“secular”).