# 創世
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuàngshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cong$^3$ sai$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhóng-sṳ
* Northern Min (KCR): cho̤̿ng-si̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháung-sié
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhòng-sè / chhòng-sì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshaon-sy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuàngshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuàngshìh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuang$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: chwàng-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanqshyh
*** Palladius: чуанши (čuanši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cong$^3$ sai$^3$
*** Yale: chong sai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsong$^3$ sai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cong$^3$ sei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhóng-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˋ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^3$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cho̤̿ng-si̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ si³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháung-sié
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$niɛ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-sè
*** Tâi-lô: tshòng-sè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngsex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-sì
*** Tâi-lô: tshòng-sì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngsix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshaon-sy
*** MiniDict: tshaon$^去$ sy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshaan-sr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

創世
* creation of the world
* (figurative) initial stage of foundation

#### Derived terms

* 創世紀 / 创世纪 (Chuàngshìjì)
* 創世記 / 创世记 (Chuàngshìjì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 創世(そうせい) (sōsei)
* → Korean: 창세(創世) (changse)
* → Vietnamese: sáng thế (創世)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 創 | 世 |
| そう Grade: 6 | せい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そーせー [sòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞ːse̞ː]

### Noun

創(そう)世(せい) • (sōsei)
* creation of the world
** 1916, 南方熊楠, 十二支考 田原藤太竜宮入りの話‎, 青空文庫:
    濠州(ごうしゅう)のジェイエリエ人伝(じんつた)うらく、大神(だいじん)ムーラムーラ創世(そうせい)に多(おお)く小(ちい)さき黒蜥蜴(くろとかげ)を作(つく)り、諸(もろもろ)の蚑行(はう)動物(どうぶつ)の長(ちょう)とす。
       Gōshū no Jeieriejin tsutauraku, daijin Mūramūra sōsei ni ōku chīsaki kurotokage o tsukuri, moromoro no hau dōbutsu no chō to su.
       According to the legend of the Dieyerie of Australia, at the creation of the world, the great god Mooramoora created many small black lizards and let them have dominion over all creeping things.

#### Derived terms

* 創世記(そうせいき) (sōseiki)
* 創世神話(そうせいしんわ) (sōsei shinwa)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 創 | 世 |

### Noun

創世 • (changse) (hangeul 창세)
* hanja form of 창세 (“creation of the world”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 創 | 世 |

### Noun

創世
* chữ Hán form of sáng thế (“creation of the world”).

#### Compounds

* 冊創世 (Sách Sáng Thế)