世
shìShì HSK3

generation

世 shì frequency
world noun
the world, the earth, or human society

他的英勇事迹将永垂于世。

tā de yīng​yǒng shì​jì jiāng yǒng chuí yú shì.

His heroic deeds will be remembered by the world forever.

lifetime noun
the duration of a person's life

他这一世活得很精彩。

tā zhè yī shì huó de hěn jīng​cǎi.

He lived this life to the fullest.

era time word
a period of time in history or a geological epoch

他在当世享有极高的声誉。

tā zài dāng​shì xiǎng​yǒu jí gāo de shēng​yù.

He enjoys an extremely high reputation in the present age.

generation noun
a single step in a line of descent or a period of about thirty years

他们家四世同堂。

tā​men jiā sì shì tóng​táng.

Four generations of their family live under one roof.

hereditary noun
passing from generation to generation or pertaining to a noble family

他们家世为中医，医术十分高明。

tā​men jiā shì wéi zhōng​yī, yī​shù shí​fēn gāo​míng.

His family has been traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for generations, and their medical skills are superb.

世 Shì
surname proper name
surname Shi

世先生在办公室。

Shì xiān​sheng zài bàn​gōng​shì.

Mr. Shi is in the office.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
181st most common 1111.0 per million
Movie subtitles
340th most common 460.4 per million appears in 83% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.1 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
77.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+4E16

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)