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› 世
世
sai3
Mandarin: shi4
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Definitions
1
life
2
age
3
generation
4
era
5
world
6
lifetime
7
epoch
8
descendant
9
noble
10
a surname
11
a period of 30 years
12
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
13
# adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 世
世界貿易中心
sai3
gaai3
mau6
jik6
zung1
sam1
World Trade Center
觀世音菩薩
gun1
sai3
jam1
pou4
saat3
the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kuan Yin, he is generally portrayed as female i
世界遺產
sai3
gaai3
wai4
caan2
World heritage
世俗
sai3
zuk6
profane; secular; worldly
呢世
ni1
sai3
the rest of one's life; the whole of one's life [colloquial]
十二世紀
sap6
ji6
sai3
gei3*2
12th Century
十五世紀
sap6
ng5
sai3
gei3*2
15th Century
十八世紀
sap6
baat3
sai3
gei2
18th century
新世界中心
san1
sai3
gaai3
zung1
sam1
the New World Centre (a shopping complex)
前世唔修
cin4
sai3
m4
sau1
an act of karma on one's unfortunate events (spoken)
Y世代
Y
sai3
doi6
Generation Y, Gen Y (people born between 1980 and the mid to late 1990s)
一世人
jat1
sai3
jan4
the whole life (of a person); one's entire life; for a lifetime
世界銀行集團
sai3
gaai3
ngan4
hong4
zaap6
tyun4
World Bank Group
世事難料
sai3
si6
naan4
liu6
affairs of the world are difficult to predict
嘆世界
taan3
sai3
gaai3
to enjoy life
悲慘世界
bei1
caam2
sai3
gaai3
Les Misérables
世誼
sai3
ji4
friendship spanning generations [Literary]
世仇
sai3
sau4
feud
前世
cin4
sai3
pre-existance
亂世佳人
lyun6
sai3
gaai1
jan4
Gone with the Wind (film title)
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