世
shì HSK3

generation

世 shì
world noun
(bound form) the world; the earth; human society

我在这世上是独一无二的。

wǒ zài zhè shì shang shì dú​yī​wú'èr de.

I am unique in this world.

era noun
(bound form) an era; an age; a dynasty; (geology) an epoch
lifetime noun
(bound form) one's life; a lifetime; the duration of a person's existence

你父母还在世吗？

nǐ fù​mǔ hái zài shì ma?

Are your parents still alive?

generation nounnumeral
(bound form) a generation; a period of thirty years
hereditary noun
(bound form) passing from generation to generation; hereditary; spanning generations
Shi
the surname Shi
familial ties
(bound form) having social or friendship ties extending over several generations

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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)