二世

Chinese

		two	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (二世)		二	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrshìh
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: èr-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyh
    • Palladius: эрши (erši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sai³
    • Yale: yih sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɐi̯³³/

Noun

二世

1. second generation (e.g. of Chinese Americans)
2. the second (of monarchs of the same name)

   伊麗莎白二世／伊丽莎白二世  ―  Yīlìshābái èrshì  ―  Elizabeth II

Coordinate terms

• 一世 (yīshì)
• 三世 (sānshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (二世):

• → Korean: 이세(二世) (ise)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
二	世
に Grade: 1	せ Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にせ [níꜜsè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) にせ [nìsé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞]

• (Tokyo) にせー [níꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ise̞ː]

Noun

二(に)世(せ) • (nise) 

1. two existences, the present and the future
2. the secondary relationship between spouses, in contrast with 一世 (isse, primary relationship between parents and children) and 三世 (sanze, tertiary relationship between master and servant)

(alternative reading hiragana にせい, rōmaji nisei)

1. second generation, foreigner of Japanese parentage
2. junior
3. the second (ruler of the same name)

Coordinate terms

• 一(いっ)世(せい) (issei), 一(いっ)世(せ) (isse)
• 三(さん)世(せい) (sansei), 三(さん)世(ぜ) (sanze)

Descendants

• → English: nisei
• → Portuguese: nisei, nissei