Meaning
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
Chinese: 世界、世代。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 世 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 世界shì jièworld
- 世纪shì jìcentury
- 去世qù shìto pass away; to die
- 全世界quán shì jièworldwide; entire world
- 逝世shì shìto pass away; to die
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Example Sentence
这是世界上最高的山。Zhè shì shì jiè shàng zuì gāo de shān.This is the tallest mountain in the world.
这Zhèthis是shìis世界shì jièworld上shàngon最高zuì gāotallest的deof山shānmountain。
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Where this character comes from
A pictograph based on three tens (卅, about thirty years = one human generation). It means ‘a generation, lifetime; an age, era; the world’ (世界, 世纪, 一辈子).
A way to remember it
Three tens of years — a generation; the world.