上世

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (上世)		上	世
anagram		世上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上世
    上士
    上市
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ sai³
  - Yale: seuhng sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sei³
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

上世

primeval times; prehistoric times
previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

(previous generations): 上代 (shàngdài)

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