世 shì HSK3 generation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: hereditary All meanings 1,864 shì 1,864 world 1,565era 172lifetime 125generation 5hereditary 2 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 世, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 2 sentences for 世 (shì — hereditary) 他的家族就是医生世家。 tā de jiāzú jiùshì yīshēng shìjiā. His family is a family of doctors. Source: CCMatrix实际上,我来自一个医生世家。 shíjìshang, wǒ láizì yīge yīshēng shìjiā. Actually, I come from a family of doctors. Source: OpenSubtitles