世

shì

“Life” in Chinese is 世 (shì).

Other characters with the syllable shi: see all 42 →

Meaning

life
age
generation

Show 7 more meanings

era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
surname Shi

Example

他最近去世了。

He died recently.

From 去世 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Words containing 世

去世qùshìto pass awayHSK 3 世纪shìjìcenturyHSK 3 世界shìjièworldHSK 3 世界杯shìjièbēiWorld CupHSK 3 全世界quán shìjièworldwideHSK 5 世代shìdàifor many generationsHSK 7-9 世故shìguthe ways of the worldHSK 7-9 世袭shìxísuccessionHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

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