粵

一jat1世sai3

jat1 sai3yī shì

English

  1. generation
  2. one's whole life; lifetime
  3. period of 30 years
  4. one's whole lifetime
  5. lifelong
  6. age
  7. era
  8. times
  9. the whole world
  10. the First (of numbered European kings)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 存活喺世上嘅時間

Examples

  • 佢一世都會噉過。

    He is going to live like that for his whole life.

  • 啲叻嘅人通常都好不可一世。

    Intelligent people are often arrogant.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 唔知一世人痾嘅尿裝唔裝得滿一個泳池呢?

    Can a lifetime of pee fill up a swimming pool?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 據估計,廿一世紀初嘅世界有超過 7,000 種語言咁多,不過大部份嘅語言都仲未畀學界詳細噉紀錄低。

    It is estimated that there are as many as 7,000 languages ​​in the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century, however most of them have not been documented in detail by the academic community.

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 喺廿一世紀嘅統計學界,逐步迴歸廣受批評,所以唔多人用。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 廿一世紀嘅電腦科學界有多種搜尋演算法可以用,而每種都有優缺點。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 到咗廿一世紀,人仲有好多方法可以造鐘。重點係要運用一啲週期恆定嘅物理過程。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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