"上世" meaning in Chinese

See 上世 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 上世
  1. primeval times; prehistoric times
    Sense id: en-上世-zh-noun-ogcarBOq
  2. previous generation; former generations
    Sense id: en-上世-zh-noun-ne5IjVtx Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 上代 (shàngdài), 前代 (qiándài)
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "previous",
          "previous"
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          "generation",
          "generation"
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          "former",
          "former"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shanqshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šanši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шанши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "上世",
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        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上士",
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        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上市",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuhng sai"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng⁶ sei³"
    },
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      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/",
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "roman": "qiándài",
      "word": "前代"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "zh_pron": "shàngshì"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshì"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴-shih⁴"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng-shr̀"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "šanši",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шанши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "上世",
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      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上士",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上市",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sai³"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuhng sai"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sai³"
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng⁶ sei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² sɐi̯³³/",
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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      "word": "上代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiándài",
      "word": "前代"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 上世 meaning in Chinese (2.6kB)

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