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Character

世

shì HSK 3
世 shì HSK 3
  • 1. a generation (thirty years in ancient usage)
  • 2. a person's lifetime; one's whole life
  • 3. passed down from generation to generation
  • 4. generation in a bloodline; seniority by descent
  • 5. friendship or acquaintance inherited from one's elders
  • 6. an era; an age
  • 7. the world; society
  • 8. of the human world; worldly
  • 9. a surname
Words using 世 as shì (12)
  • 1 世界 shì jiè — world HSK 3
    • 世 generation, era; represents the temporal and societal dimension
    • 界 boundary, realm; represents the spatial dimension and domain
    Example

    我想环游世界。

    wǒ xiǎng huán yóu shì jiè

    I want to travel around the world.

  • 2 世纪 shì jì — century HSK 4
    • 世 generation, era, age (the temporal span of human generations)
    • 纪 record, chronicle, period (a systematically recorded unit of time)
    Example

    这座教堂建于十五世纪。

    zhè zuò jiào táng jiàn yú shí wǔ shì jì

    This church was built in the fifteenth century.

  • 3 去世 qù shì — to pass away HSK 5
    • 去 to go, to leave
    • 世 world, lifetime
    Example

    他的爷爷去年去世了。

    tā de yé ye qù nián qù shì le

    His grandfather passed away last year.

  • 4 世人 shì rén — people of the world, common people, mortals HSK 7
    • 世 world, secular world
    • 人 people, persons
    Example

    这位艺术家不在乎世人的看法。

    zhè wèi yì shù jiā bù zài hu shì rén de kàn fǎ

    This artist doesn't care about what people think.

  • 5 世代 shì dài — generation HSK 7
    • 世 generation, age, era
    • 代 generation, successive period
    Example

    他们家世代都是医生。

    tā men jiā shì dài dōu shì yī shēng

    Their family has been doctors for generations.

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  • 6 世故 shì gù — worldly wisdom HSK 7
    • 世 world, worldly, society
    • 故 affairs, matters, established patterns
    Example

    他很有世故，知道如何处理复杂的人际关系。

    tā hěn yǒu shì gù zhī dào rú hé chǔ lǐ fù zá de rén jì guān xì

    He has great worldly wisdom and knows how to handle complex interpersonal relationships.

  • 7 世间 shì jiān — the world HSK 7
    • 世 world, generation, age
    • 间 space, realm, among
    Example

    世间没有完美的人。

    shì jiān méi yǒu wán měi de rén

    There are no perfect people in the world.

  • 8 举世瞩目 jǔ shì zhǔ mù — attracting worldwide attention HSK 7
    • 举 entire, whole (from 'to raise up')
    • 世 world
    • 瞩 to gaze at, watch attentively
    • 目 eyes (reinforces watching/attention)
    Example

    港珠澳大桥是举世瞩目的工程奇迹。

    Gǎng Zhū Ào Dà Qiáo shì jǔ shì zhǔ mù de gōng chéng qí jì

    The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is a world-renowned engineering marvel.

  • 9 后世 hòu shì — later generations HSK 7
    • 后 later, after
    • 世 generation, era
    Example

    我们要为后世保护好环境。

    wǒ men yào wèi hòu shì bǎo hù hǎo huán jìng

    We must protect the environment well for future generations.

  • 10 家世 jiā shì — family background HSK 7
    • 家 family
    • 世 generation/lineage
    Example

    她从不炫耀自己的家世。

    tā cóng bù xuàn yào zì jǐ de jiā shì

    She never brags about her family background.

  • 11 逝世 shì shì — to pass away HSK 7
    • 逝 to depart, to pass
    • 世 world, life
    Example

    这位著名科学家于去年逝世。

    zhè wèi zhù míng kē xué jiā yú qù nián shì shì

    This famous scientist passed away last year.

  • 12 问世 wèn shì — be published/released HSK 7
    • 问 to present to, to offer to
    • 世 world, public
    Example

    这本书刚刚问世就受到了广泛关注。

    zhè běn shū gāng gāng wèn shì jiù shòu dào le guǎng fàn guān zhù

    This book received widespread attention as soon as it was published.

Structure & writing
世 shì — a generation (thirty years in ancient usage)
世 is a component in 2 characters
HSK 7
屉 tì drawer or removable tray/shelf in a container 泄 xiè (of liquid or gas) to discharge, to leak out

世 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order