世世代代

Chinese

		from age to age; from generation to generation	over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations
simp. and trad. (世世代代)		世世	代代
AABB-type reduplication of 世代 (shìdài).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìshìdàidài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ sai³ doi⁶ doi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-sṳ-thoi-thoi

  (Hailu, HRS): she^ˇ she^ˇ toi^˖ toi^˖

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìshìdàidài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshìhdàidài
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shih⁴-tai⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-shr̀-dài-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshyhdayday
    • Palladius: шишидайдай (šišidajdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ sai³ doi⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: sai sai doih doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sai³ doi⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sei³ doi⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐi̯³³ tɔːi̯²² tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-sṳ-thoi-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii sii toi toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ si⁴ toi⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: she^ˇ she^ˇ toi^˖ toi^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃe¹¹ ʃe¹¹ tʰoi³³ tʰoi³³/

Idiom

世世代代

1. for generations; from generation to generation

Synonyms

• 祖祖輩輩／祖祖辈辈 (zǔzǔbèibèi)