# 世紀
## Chinese

* 世紀 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 世紀 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shìjì
       (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шыҗи (šɨži, III-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^3$ gei$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ki / se-ki
* Eastern Min (BUC): sié-gī
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sè-kí / sì-kí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): si$^3$ gi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sy-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìjì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjì
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-chi$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀-jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjih
*** Palladius: шицзи (šiczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$世紀／世纪 事濟／事济 事蹟／事迹 試劑／试剂
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шыҗи (šɨži, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^3$ gei$^2$
*** Yale: sai géi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^3$ gei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^3$ géi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯³³ kei̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ki / se-ki
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii gi / se gi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ gi$^4$ / se$^4$ gi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/, /se⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sié-gī
*** Sinological IPA : /sie²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$i³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kí
*** Tâi-lô: sè-kí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kie
*** IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kí
*** Tâi-lô: sì-kí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: si$^3$ gi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì kí
*** Sinological IPA : /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ki⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-ci
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

### Noun

世紀
* century (period of 100 years)
    中華世紀壇／中华世纪坛 ― zhōnghuá shìjì tán ― China Millennium Monument
       Bā Sǎomǎ, shísān shìjì de zhùmíng lǚxíngjiā, qí zújì dōng qǐ Běijīng, xī zhì Bālí. [Pinyin]
       The footmark of the famous 13th-century explorer Bar Sauma spans from Beijing in the East to Paris in the West.
       Zài èrshí shìjì liùshí niándài, Měiguó réngōng zhìnéng chūxiàn le bàofāxìng de fāzhǎn. [Pinyin]
       The United States saw an explosive development in artificial intelligence during the 1960s.

#### Derived terms

* 世紀末／世纪末 (shìjìmò)
* 世紀蛋／世纪蛋

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 世 | 紀 |
| せい Grade: 3 | き Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世紀 (syej$^H$ ki$^X$).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [se̞ːkʲi]
* Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

### Noun

世(せい)紀(き) • (seiki)
* century (100 years)
** 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:
    今(いま)は女(おんな)の目(め)の開(ひら)く世(せい)紀(き)である。
       Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.
       This is the century when women open their eyes.

### Counter

世(せい)紀(き) • (-seiki)
* century
    20(にじっ)世(せい)紀(き)
       nijisseiki
       the 20th century
    21(にじゅういっ)世(せい)紀(き)
       nijūisseiki
       the 21st century

### Derived terms

* 世(せい)紀(き)末(まつ) (seikimatsu)
* 世(せい)紀(き)末(まつ)的(てき) (seikimatsuteki)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 世 | 紀 |

### Noun

世紀 • (segi) (hangeul 세기)
* hanja form of 세기 (“century”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 世 | 紀 |

### Noun

世紀
* chữ Hán form of thế kỉ (“century”).