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
salvation
Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
the Salvation Army Christian charity group
Swarovski crystal
Swarovski crystal
nowadays
ecumenical
ecumenical
ecumenical
incomparable; none to compare with at that time
incomparable; none to compare with at that time
Pleistocene epoch; recent ice age period
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang
to die; to leave this world
to die; to leave this world
paradise (mainly Buddhist); (Budd.) Sukhavati; Elysium
paradise (mainly Buddhist); (Budd.) Sukhavati; Elysium
to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)
to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
(Buddhism) the world of the living
ukiyo-e
ukiyo-e
to gain experience; to go out into society