(shì) - world, generation, era (bound morpheme) in Mandarin

shì

Traditional: 世

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Translation

world, generation, era (bound morpheme)

Word origin

A pictograph derived from three tens (十) bound together, marking a span of thirty years and so a generation, era, or the world.

世

。

The world is big.

。

I want to go and see the world.

。

This is the tallest mountain in the world.

敬jìng。

He was very respected during his lifetime.

珍zhēn。

This is the most precious gift in the world.

世 (shì) means world or generation and lives mostly in compounds, especially 世界 (shìjiè), meaning world.

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 世.

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This word is part of lesson 104.