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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èrshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èrshìh
  - Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: èr-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyh
  - Palladius: эрши (erši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ sai³
  - Yale: yih sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

二世

second generation (e.g. of Chinese Americans)
the second (of monarchs of the same name)
伊麗莎白二世／伊丽莎白二世 ― Yīlìshābái èrshì ― Elizabeth II

Japanese

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

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せ Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にせ [níꜜsè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) にせ [nìsé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞]

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

Noun

二(に)世(せ) • (nise)

two existences, the present and the future

(alternative reading hiragana にせい, rōmaji nisei)

second generation, foreigner of Japanese parentage
junior
the second (king of the same name)

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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