三世

Chinese

		three	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (三世)		三	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānshì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanshìh
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: sān-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshyh
  - Palladius: саньши (sanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ sai³
  - Yale: sāam sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/

Noun

三世

(Buddhism) the three periods of time: the past, present, and future.
- 如三世諸佛，說法之儀式，我今亦如是，說無分別法。 [MSC, trad.]
  如三世诸佛，说法之仪式，我今亦如是，说无分别法。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: The Lotus Sutra
  Rú sānshì zhūfó, shuōfǎ zhī yíshì, wǒ jīn yì rúshì, shuō wúfēnbiéfǎ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

三世佛
三世因果
第三世界 (Dì-sān Shìjiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三世):

→ Japanese: 三(さん)世(ぜ) (sanze); 三(さん)世(せい) (sansei)
→ Korean: 삼세(三世) (samse)
→ Vietnamese: tam thế (三世)

See also

過去／过去 (guòqù)
現在／现在 (xiànzài)
未來／未来 (wèilái)

See also

十世

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三世” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三	世
さん Grade: 1	せ > ぜ Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 三世.

Noun

三(さん)世(ぜ) • (sanze)

(Buddhism) the "three lives", namely 前世 (zense, “previous life”), 現世 (gense, “current life”) and 来世 (raise)/後世 (gose, “next life”)
three generations, as in parents, children and grandchildren

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三	世
さん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 3
kan’on

Noun

三(さん)世(せい) • (sansei)

three generations
the third generation
ヘンリー三(さん)世(せい)
Henrī Sansei
Henry III; Henry the Third

See also

三(さん)世(せ)間(けん) (sanseken)
三(さん)世(せ)代(だい) (sansedai)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
三	世
み Grade: 1	よ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 三世 – see the following entry.

【みよ】	[noun] (obsolete) past, present and future existences

(This term, 三世, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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