世紀

See also: 世纪

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (世紀)		世	紀
simp. (世纪)		世	纪

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 世 (せい)紀 (き) (seiki, “century”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 世紀／世纪.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìjì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ki
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sè-kí / sì-kí

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ gi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shìjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjih
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
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    世紀／世纪
    事濟／事济
    事蹟／事迹
    試劑／试剂
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gei²
  - Yale: sai géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ géi²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ki
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gi⁴
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kí
  - Tâi-lô: sè-kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kie
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kí
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ gi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì kí
  - IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

世紀

century (period of 100 years)

Derived terms

世紀末／世纪末 (shìjìmò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	紀
せい Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世紀 (syej^H ki^X)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲi]
Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

Noun

世紀 (hiragana せいき, rōmaji seiki)

century (100 years)
- 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:
  今 (いま)は女 (おんな)の目 (め)の開 (ひら)く世 (せい)紀 (き)である。
  Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.
  This is the century when women open their eyes.

Derived terms

世紀末
世紀末的

Descendants

Chinese: 世紀／世纪
Korean: 세기 (segi)
Vietnamese: thế kỉ

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	紀

Noun

世紀 • (segi) (hangeul 세기)

Hanja form^? of 세기 (“century”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
世	紀

Noun

世紀

Hán tự form of thế kỉ, “century”

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