世代

See also: 𠁀

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (世代)		世	代

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìdài

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ doi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-thoi
Eastern Min (BUC): sié-dô̤i
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sè-tāi / sì-tāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ do⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-de

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdài
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tai⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhday
  - Palladius: шидай (šidaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ doi⁶
  - Yale: sai doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-thoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii toi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sié-dô̤i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɔy²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: sè-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'dai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ tai³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: sì-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'dai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ do⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-de
  - MiniDict: sy^去 de
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-de
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ de⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: syejH dojH

Rime
Character	世	代
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舒制切	徒耐切
Baxter	syejH	dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/dʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛi^H/	/dəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæi^H/	/dɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaj^H/	/dəj^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛi^H/	/dᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/dɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/dʱɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai³	doi⁶

Noun

世代

(literary) era; age; period; epoch

Synonyms

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世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
光陰／光阴 (Dungan)
年代 (niándài)
年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
年華／年华 (niánhuá)
時代／时代 (shídài)
時期／时期 (shíqī)
朝代 (cháodài)
歲月／岁月 (suìyuè)

Adverb

世代

(literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Synonyms

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世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
代代 (dàidài) (literary)
祖代 (zǔdài) (literary)
累世 (lěishì) (literary)
累代 (lěidài) (literary)

Verb

世代

(literary) to pass on from one generation to the next

Synonyms

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承受 (chéngshòu)
承繼／承继 (chéngjì)
承襲／承袭 (chéngxí)
相承 (xiāngchéng) (formal)
繼承／继承 (jìchéng)

Derived terms

Y世代
世世代代 (shìshìdàidài)
半世代人
次世代 (cìshìdài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	代
せ Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 世代 (MC syejH dojH). First appears in the early 1500s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せだい [séꜜdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
(Tokyo) せだい [sèdáí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [se̞da̠i]

Noun

世(せ)代(だい) • (sedai)

generation
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
  そして、新(あら)たな世代(せだい)が出現(しゅつげん)した。
  Soshite, arata na sedai ga shutsugen shita.
  And so a new generation has emerged.

Derived terms

世代間 (sedaikan): intergenerational
世代管理 (sedai kanri): generation management
世代交代 (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
世代間倫理 (sedaikan rinri): intergenerational ethics
異世代 (isedai): intergenerational, of different generations
新世代 (shinsedai): new-generation
次世代 (jisedai): next generation
同世代 (dōsedai): same generation, one's generation
異世代間 (isedaikan): intergenerational
次世代携帯電話 (jisedai keitai denwa): next-generation mobile phone
新世代コンピュータ開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta kaihatsu kikō): ICOT
新世代コンピュータ技術開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta gijutsu kaihatsu kikō): The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
現役世代 (gen'eki sedai): working generation, people still working
白け世代 (shirakesedai): generation of young people apathetic about social issues
団塊世代 (dankai sedai): the babyboomers, the baby boom generation
第５世代コンピュータ (daigo sedai konpyūta): Fifth Generation Computer System
第５世代コンピューター (daigo sedai konpyūtā): the fifth generation computer
第４世代言語 (daiyon sedai gengo): fourth generation language
相対世代番号 (sōtai sedai bangō): relative generation number
団塊の世代 (dankai no sedai): baby boom generation

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	代

Noun

世代 • (sedae) (hangeul 세대)

hanja form^? of 세대 (“generation, era”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	代

Noun

世代

chữ Hán form of thế đại (“generation, era”).

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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