shì

world; era; age

HSK 3 #181

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 181st character
Radical ⼀ (1.4)
Strokes 5
Index # 206

Definitions

世 shì
  1. 1. world
  2. 2. era
  3. 3. age
  4. 4. generation
  5. 5. lifetime
  6. 6. life
  7. 7. epoch
  8. 8. descendant
  9. 9. surname Shi
  10. 10. noble

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Words containing 世

Word Meaning
world
century
to die; to pass away
to die; to pass away
generation; for many generations; age
to be published; to come out
to receive worldwide attention
on earth
entire world; worldwide
to pass away; to die
the Savior (in Christianity)
people (in general); everyone; people around the world
world; earth
affairs of life; things of the world
Middle Ages; medieval
world war
the world; this world; the world of the living
to be cynical; to be embittered
to be alive
to be born; to withdraw from worldly affairs
the ways of the world; the morals of the time
Zurich, Switzerland
Third World
World Trade Organization (WTO); abbr. for shì jiè mào yì zǔ zhī
eternal; forever
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