# 世間
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shìjiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^3$ gaan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-kiên / sṳ-kiân
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sè-kan / sì-kan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): si$^3$ gang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjian
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-chien$^1$
*** Yale: shr̀-jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjian
*** Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$世間 / 世间 適間 / 适间 視姦 / 视奸
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^3$ gaan$^1$
*** Yale: sai gāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^3$ gaan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^3$ gan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯³³ kaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii gien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-kiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii gian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ki̯an²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kan
*** Tâi-lô: sè-kan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kan
*** Tâi-lô: sì-kan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kafn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: si$^3$ gang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì kang
*** Sinological IPA : /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: syejH kean
Rime :
| Character | 世 | 間 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (35) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 舒制切 | 古閑切 |
| Baxter | syejH | kean |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇi$^H$/ | /kˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛi$^H$/ | /kᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæi$^H$/ | /kæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiaj$^H$/ | /kəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛi$^H$/ | /kɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛi$^H$/ | /kæn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛi$^H$/ | /kăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shì | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai$^3$ | gaan$^1$ |

### Noun

世間
* (literary) this world; the human world; the world of mortals

#### Synonyms

* 人世 (rénshì)
* 人世間 / 人世间 (rénshìjiān)
* 人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
* 人間 / 人间 (rénjiān)
* 人間世 / 人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
* 俗世 (súshì)
* 凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
* 塵世 / 尘世 (chénshì)
* 塵世間 / 尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
* 塵俗 / 尘俗 (chénsú)
* 塵寰 / 尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
* 塵間 / 尘间 (chénjiān)
* 濁世 / 浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 世間人 / 世间人
* 五陰世間 / 五阴世间
* 器世間 / 器世间
* 天地世間 / 天地世间
* 有情世間 / 有情世间
* 滿世間 / 满世间

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 世(せ)間(けん) (seken)
* → Korean: 세간(世間) (segan)
* → Vietnamese: thế gian (世間)

### References

* “世間”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 世 | 間 |
| せ Grade: 3 | けん Grade: 2 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せけん [séꜜkèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [se̞kẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

世(せ)間(けん) • (seken)
* society, public

#### Derived terms

* 世間離(せけんばな)れ (sekenbanare)

#### See also

* 人間(じんかん) (jinkan)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 世 | 間 |

### Noun

世間 • (segan) (hangeul 세간)
* hanja form of 세간 (“society, public”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 世 | 間 |

### Noun

世間
* chữ Hán form of thế gian (“world”).