二世

Chinese

		two	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (二世)		二	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èrshì

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: èrshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ sai³
  - Yale: yih sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sei³
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

二世

second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
the second (kings of the same name)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) にせー [níꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞ː]

Noun

二世 (hiragana にせい, rōmaji nisei)

second generation, foreigner of Japanese parentage
junior
two existences, the present and the future
the second (king of the same name)

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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