(shì jiè) - world, the whole world in Mandarin
shìjièTraditional: 世界
Translation
world, the whole world
Word origin
A compound of 世 (shì) 'generation, age, world' and 界 (jiè) 'boundary, realm'. 世 is an ideograph once read as three tens, suggesting a span of generations; 界 is a phono-semantic compound with 田 (field) as radical and 介 (jiè) as phonetic. Together they mean 'the world'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 世 (shì, age/generation) + 界 (jiè, realm: 田 field + 介 phonetic)
Stroke order
世
界
Examples
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The world is big.
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Hello, world.
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World peace.
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He wants to go and see the world.
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This is the highest mountain in the world.
世界 (shì jiè) means world, the whole world. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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