# 創世記
## Chinese

* 創世記 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 創世記 (Cantonese)
* 创世记 (Wu)
* Chhòng-sè-kì (Southern Min)

### Etymology

創世／创世 (chuàngshì, “creation of the world”) + 記／记 (jì, “record”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Chuàngshìjì
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cong$^3$ sai$^3$ gei$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhóng-sṳ ki
* Northern Min (KCR): Cho̤̿ng-si̿-gi̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): Cháung-sié-gé
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): corng$^4$ se$^4$ gi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhòng-sè-kì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshaon-sy-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Chuàngshìjì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Chuàngshìhjì
*** Wade–Giles: Chʻuang$^4$-shih$^4$-chi$^4$
*** Yale: Chwàng-shr̀-jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuanqshyhjih
*** Palladius: Чуаншицзи (Čuanšiczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cong$^3$ sai$^3$ gei$^3$
*** Yale: chong sai gei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsong$^3$ sai$^3$ gei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cong$^3$ sei$^3$ géi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³ kei̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhóng-sṳ ki
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˋ$ sii gi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^3$ si$^4$ gi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ³¹ sɨ⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Cho̤̿ng-si̿-gi̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ si³³ ki³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Cháung-sié-gé
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰouŋ²¹³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$nie²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$ɛi²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: corng$^4$ se$^4$ gi$^4$ [Phonetic: corng$^1$ ne$^1$ i$^4$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Cho̤̍ng-sa̤̍-gi̍
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɒŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$ne⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$i⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòng-sè-kì
*** Tâi-lô: Tshòng-sè-kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngsea'kix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹⁻⁵³ ki¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹⁻⁵³ ki²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshaon-sy-ci
*** MiniDict: tshaon$^去$ sy ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshaan-sr-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³³ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

### Proper noun

創世記
* (Protestantism) Genesis (first book of the Bible)

#### Synonyms

| Branch | Names | Abbreviations |
| Protestant | 創世記 | 創 |
| Roman Catholic | 創世紀 | 創 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 起源之書 | |
| Church of the East | 渾元經 | |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 創(そう)世(せい)記(き) (Sōseiki)
* → Korean: 창세기(創世記) (Changsegi)
* → Vietnamese: Sáng thế kí (創世記)

### See also

* 出埃及記／出埃及记 (Chū-Āijíjì)
* 利未記／利未记 (Lìwèijì)
* 民數記／民数记 (Mínshùjì)
* 申命記／申命记 (Shēnmìngjì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 創 | 世 | 記 |
| そう Grade: 6 | せい Grade: 3 | き Grade: 2 |
| kan'on |||

### Etymology

From 創世 (sōsei, “world creation”) +‎ 記 (-ki, “chronicle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そーせーき [sòóséꜜèkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [so̞ːse̞ːkʲi]

### Proper noun

創(そう)世(せい)記(き) • (Sōseiki)
* Genesis (book of the Bible)
    Holonym: モーセ五書

### References

* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 創 | 世 | 記 |

### Proper noun

創世記 • (Changsegi) (hangeul 창세기)
* hanja form of 창세기 (“Genesis”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 創 | 世 | 記 |

### Proper noun

創世記
* chữ Hán form of Sáng thế kí (“Genesis”).