GENERATION  世代世

PERIOD EQUAL to that of the LIFE of a HUMAN.
AGEAGE GROUPPEER GROUP
Hypernym
  • PERIODTIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS.
    • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.

2. Dài 代 refers to the length of a whole dynasty comprising several generations, and the word in this meaning has little syntactic flexibility. Sān dài 三代 refers to three dynasties Xià, Shāng, and Zhōu. See DYNASTY

3. Jì 紀 refers to a cycle of 12 years, sān jì 三紀 refers to a period of thirty-six years, but from Later Han times, the reference is often more generally to a generation.

4. Tiān xià 天下 "all under Heaven" often refers generally to all people alive at a certain time.

5. Shí rén 時人 refers specifically and prosaically to the people of the time.

Modern Chinese Criteria
世代

時世

年頭兒

年月

紀元

世

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 240

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 10

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 17

    1. Whereas da4i 代 is rigidly nominal, shi4 世 is currently adverbial and has some other usages.

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 13

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

Words

世  shì OC: lʰebs MC: ɕiɛi 91 AttributionsWD

The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 後/LATE The current general word for lateness is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "earlier"), and this word refers to anything that comes later in time than something else.
  • Epithet: 亂/CHAOS The very dominant word in this group is luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "state of good government, state of good order") which refers to all kinds of reprehensible lack of order.
  • Epithet: 治/ORDERLY
  • Epithet: 衰/DECLINE
  • Epithet: 學/LEARN Xué 學 is conative and means "try to learn". See STUDY.
  • Epithet: 學/KNOW
  • Contrast: 代/GENERATION Dài 代 refers to the length of a whole dynasty comprising several generations, and the word in this meaning has little syntactic flexibility. Sān dài 三代 refers to three dynasties Xià, Shāng, and Zhōu. See DYNASTY
  • Assoc: 後/LATE The current general word for lateness is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "earlier"), and this word refers to anything that comes later in time than something else.

    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V1{NUM}. zhī V2adnominalV2-ed for V1 number of generationsCH
  • none's own time; our own time; (e.g. the present) age, historical period; historical conditions; specifically: a period of thirty years.
  • n(post-N)the generation of the contextually determinate N, the contemporaries of the contextually determinate NCH
  • n.red:adVfor generations on end; for generations to come
  • n[post-N]contemporaryone's own generation, one's own epoch; the contemporary world
  • n[post-N]pluralthe continuous line of generations of humans
  • nabthe current state of affairs in the worldCH
  • nabtime span of one generationCH
  • nadNof the (present) generationCH
  • nadVtimefrom generation to generation, from one generation to the next; for generations on end
  • ncpost-V1{NUM}:postadV2for generations 數世
  • npluralpersons of a generationCH
  • npost-N1[.adN2]humanthe people of the  generation of NCH
  • npost-V{NUM}NUM generations
  • vi0a generation passes
天下  tiān xià OC: lʰiin ɢraaʔ MC: then ɦɣɛ 10 AttributionsWD

Tiān xià 天下 "all under Heaven" often refers generally to all people alive at a certain time.

    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralmankind at a given time
時人  shí rén OC: ɡljɯ njin MC: dʑɨ ȵin 3 AttributionsWD

Shí rén 時人 refers specifically and prosaically to the people of the time.

    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1adN2}nonreferentialpeople of the time
代  dài OC: lɯɯɡs MC: dəi 2 AttributionsWD

Dài 代 refers to the length of a whole dynasty comprising several generations, and the word in this meaning has little syntactic flexibility. Sān dài 三代 refers to three dynasties Xià, Shāng, and Zhōu. See DYNASTY

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 世/GENERATION The dominant general word for a generation is shì 世, and this word has strong temporal connotations referring to the period of one generation, and the word has a certain syntactic flexibility. Sān shì 三世 refers to three generations.

    Syntactic words
  • ngeneration
  • n.red:adVREDUP: generation after generation, through successive generations
時  shí OC: ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nchanging times and conditions
世人  shì rén OC: lʰebs njin MC: ɕiɛi ȵin 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralcontemporaries
世代  shì dài MC: -- dojH OC: -- lɯɯɡsCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralgenerationsCH
奕世  yì shì MC: yek -- OC: k-laɡ lʰebsDS 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadVfor many generations; from one generation to the other oneDS
紀  jì OC: kɯʔ MC: kɨ 0 AttributionsWD

Jì 紀 refers to a cycle of 12 years, sān jì 三紀 refers to a period of thirty-six years, but from Later Han times, the reference is often more generally to a generation.

    Syntactic words
  • nperiod of twelve years GY: 蓄力一紀
行  háng OC: ɢaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabsocialorder of members of a clan in one generation
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralgenerationsCH

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