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Information of 世

Pinyin shì

Radical

一

Strokes

5 strokes

Usage

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Definition

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime

世 (shì) 1. 一个时代，有时特指三十年。 (A period; sometimes specifically refers to thirty years.) 2. 一辈一辈相传的。 (Passed down from generation to generation.) 3. 人间，以与天上相区别。 (The human world, distinguished from the heavenly realm.) 4. 自然界和人类社会一切事物的总和；全地球、人间或宇宙；宇宙的一部分。 (The totality of all things in nature and human society; the whole earth, the human world or the universe; a part of the universe.) 5. 姓。 (A surname.) 6. 同本义 (三十年) (Same original meaning: thirty years.) 7. 父子相继为世。一代 (父子相代为一世) (Fathers and sons succeeding each other in succession. A generation.) 8. 一生;一辈子。 (Lifetime; life.) 9. 人世，世间；世界。 (The human world; the world.) 10. 时代；朝代。 (Era; dynasty.) 11. 岁;年。 (Age; year.) 12. 地质年代的划分，短于一个纪而长于一个代的地质年代的分期。 (A division of geological time, shorter than a period but longer than an age.) 13. 世俗。 (Mundane.) 14. 后嗣;后人。 (Descendants; future generations.) 15. 家世。 (Family property.) 16. 世族。 (Noble families.)

世叔 shì shū

a surname

始新世 Shǐ xīn shì

Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú

to be cynical / to be embittered

世博会 Shì bó huì

World Exposition / abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo

厌世 yàn shì

world-weary / pessimistic

世宗 Shì zōng

Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented

尘世 chén shì

this mortal life / the mundane world

恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì

like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago

玩世不恭 wán shì bù gōng

to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions / frivolous

世外桃源 shì wài táo yuán

see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]

世兄 shì xiōng

Brother

惊世骇俗 jīng shì hài sú

universally shocking / to offend the whole of society

欺世盗名 qī shì dào míng

to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom)

永世 yǒng shì

eternal / forever

人世沧桑 rén shì cāng sāng

Human events are as uncertain as the weather. / instability of human affairs / mutability of human affairs / the vicissitudes of human affairs / tremendous changes in the world

世泽 shì zé

Broad & Bright

浊世 zhuó shì

the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism)

涉世 shè shì

to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience

石炭世 shí tàn shì

Carboniferous

世界性 shì jiè xìng

worldwide / cosmopolitan

盖世 gài shì

unrivalled / matchless

举世瞩目 jǔ shì zhǔ mù

to receive worldwide attention

稀世 xī shì

rare

聪明一世 cōng míng yī shì

Wise

世界屋脊 shì jiè wū jǐ

the roof of the world / usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]

腓特烈一世 féi tè liè yī shì

Frederick I

与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué

to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)

世纪 shì jì

century / CL:個|个[ge4]

世上 shì shàng

on earth

全世界 quán shì jiè

worldwide / entire world