問世

See also: 问世

Chinese

		to ask	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (問世)		問	世
simp. (问世)		问	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-sè / būn-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wèn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennshyh
    • Palladius: вэньши (vɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 問世／问世 文飾／文饰

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ sai³
    • Yale: mahn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-sè
    • Tâi-lô: būn-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnsex
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-sì
    • Tâi-lô: būn-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ si²¹/

Verb

問世

1. (of a publication, product, invention, etc.) to come out; to be published; to come on the scene; to come into being

   • 接著，在一九七一年，全書十四篇以「臺北人」的統稱問世。 [MSC, trad.]
     接着，在一九七一年，全书十四篇以「台北人」的统称问世。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People (Bilingual edition), Editor's Preface, →ISBN

     Jiēzhe, zài yījiǔqīyī nián, quán shū shísì piān yǐ “Táiběirén” de tǒngchēng wènshì. [Pinyin]

     Following this in 1971, the complete book of fourteen stories was published under the collective title of "Taipei People".

Synonyms

• 催生 (cuīshēng) (figurative)
• 出世 (chūshì)
• 現世／现世 (xiànshì)
• 產生／产生 (chǎnshēng)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)
• 行世 (xíngshì) (literary)
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng)
• 面世 (miànshì)