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
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
to engage with secular society
to be insufferably arrogant
to stand aloof from worldly affairs
to come out; to be published (of art, literary works etc)
end of the century
as if it were a lifetime ago
the teeming world; the world of sensual pleasures
from age to age
the ways of the world; worldly affairs
this life; this age
family background
to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)
the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
lineage; genealogy; family tree
WTO (World Trade Organization)
public morals
to die; to depart from the world forever
to die; next life; future incarnation
Sejong, 4th king of Joseon Korea
the state of the world; the situation (e.g. political)
the ways of the world; social behavior
World Trade Organization (WTO)
second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)