上世 [－－]

Jyutping soeng5 sai3
Pinyin shàng shì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    primeval times; prehistoric times
  2. noun
    previous generation; former generations
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    上世纪初
    上世紀初
    soeng6 sai3 gei2 co1
    • the beginning of the last century
  2. Cantonese
    成功攀上世界高峰
    成功攀上世界高峰
    • to climb over one of the world highest peaks successfully.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    上世纪
    上世紀
    shàng shì jì
    • last century
  2. Mandarin
    后现代主义是上世纪50年代前后首先在西方涌动的一股文化潮流。
    後現代主義是上世紀50年代前後首先在西方湧動的一股文化潮流。
    hòu xiàn dài zhǔ yì shì shàng shì jì ５０ nián dài qián hòu shǒu xiān zài xī fāng yǒng dòng de yī gǔ wén huà cháo liú ．
    • Postmodernism is a cultural trend that first sprung up in the West sometime after the fifties.
  3. Mandarin
    大约自上世纪70年代开始，中国大陆电影、电视剧里出现的蒋介石角色，骂人时经常「娘希匹」脱口而出，这些戏剧营造的形象在大陆深入人心。
    大約自上世紀70年代開始，中國大陸電影、電視劇裡出現的蔣介石角色，罵人時經常「娘希匹」脫口而出，這些戲劇營造的形象在大陸深入人心。
    dà yuē zì shàng shì jì ７０ nián dài kāi shǐ ， zhōng guó dà lù diàn yǐng ， diàn shì jù lǐ chū xiàn de jiǎng jiè shí jiǎo sè ， mà rén shí jīng cháng “ niáng xī pǐ ” tuō kǒu ér chū ， zhè xiē xì jù yíng zào de xíng xiàng zài dà lù shēn rù rén xīn ．
    • Approximately from the 1970s, the character of Chiang Kai-shek in Mainland Chinese movies and television dramas often hurled "niang xi pi" (fuck your mother) when swearing others. Such perception created by dramatic art is well-known in the Mainland.