世界
shì jiè 4–4
world
- Characters
- 2
- 世 · 界
- Syllables
- 2
- shì jiè
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 238
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 世shì5 strokesHSK 3generation; world; era
- 界jiè9 strokesHSK 3boundary, limit; domain; society; the world
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
你好，世界！
Nǐ hǎo shì jiè
Hello, world!
我想改变世界。
Wǒ xiǎng gǎi biàn shì jiè
I want to change the world.
我是世界公民。
Wǒ shì shì jiè gōng mín
I'm a citizen of the world.
全世界都知道。
Quán shì jiè dōu zhī dào
The whole world knows that.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 世界. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 世纪shì jìHSK 3
century
- 全世界quán shì jièHSK 5
worldwide; entire world
- 界jièHSK 6
(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- 去世qù shìHSK 3
to pass away; to die
- 外界wài jièHSK 5
the outside world; external
- 边界biān jièHSK 7
boundary; border
- 境界jìng jièHSK 7
boundary; state; realm
- 界限jiè xiànHSK 7
boundary
- 世界杯shì jiè bēiHSK 3
World Cup
- 世界级shì jiè jíHSK 7
world-class
- 逝世shì shìHSK 7
to pass away; to die
- 自然界zì rán jièHSK 7
nature; the natural world
- 界定jiè dìngHSK 7
definition; to delimit
- 眼界yǎn jièHSK 7
ken; scope
- 问世wèn shìHSK 7
to be published; to come out
- 界线jiè xiànHSK 7
limits; bounds; dividing line
- 交界jiāo jièHSK 7
common boundary; common border
- 世代shì dàiHSK 7
for many generations; generation; era; age
- 世界观shì jiè guān
worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
- 工商界gōng shāng jièHSK 7
industry; the world of business
- 世故shì guHSK 7
sophisticated; worldly-wise
- 举世闻名jǔ shì wén míngHSK 7
world-famous (idiom)
- 世袭shì xíHSK 7
succession; inheritance; hereditary
- 举世瞩目jǔ shì zhǔ mùHSK 7
to receive worldwide attention