世故

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (世故)		世	故
anagram		故世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìgù

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-kò͘ / sì-kò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìgù → shìgu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄍㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhgů
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-ku⁵
  - Yale: shr̀-gu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.guh
  - Palladius: шигу (šigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ g̊u¹/
  - Homophones:
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    世故
    事故
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gu³
  - Yale: sai gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sè-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kox
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/

Noun

世故

ways of the world
(archaic) livelihood
(archaic) accident; mishap
(archaic) turmoil; social upheaval caused by war
(archaic) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship

Synonyms

(livelihood):

生活 (shēnghuó)
生涯 (shēngyá)
生產／生产 (shēngchǎn) (archaic)
生計／生计 (shēngjì)
生路 (shēnglù)
飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn) (figurative, informal)

Adjective

世故

shrewd; canny; slick and sly

Synonyms

刁 (diāo)
刁滑 (diāohuá)
刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
奸宄 (Hokkien)
奸巧 (Hokkien)
奸狡
奸猾 (jiānhuá)
奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
油滑 (yóuhuá)
滑
滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Derived terms

人情世故 (rénqíngshìgù)
老於世故／老于世故 (lǎoyúshìgù)
飽經世故／饱经世故

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