世 shì

1. shì noun a generation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 一代; for example, the idiom 五世其昌 'five generations of prosperity' (CCD '世' 2; FE '世' 1; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 2; Guoyu '世' n 2; Kroll 2015 '世' 1, p. 415)
2. shì noun a period of thirty years
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 三十年 (Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 1; Guoyu '世' n 1; Kroll 2015 '世' 1, p. 415)
3. shì noun the world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As an abbreviation for 世间 (FGDB '世間'; Guoyu '世' n 7; Kroll 2015 '世' 6, p. 415)
4. shì noun years; age
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 年 or 岁 (Guoyu '世' n 5)
5. shì noun a dynasty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 朝代 (Guoyu '世' n 3; Kroll 2015 '世' 3b, p. 415)
6. shì adjective secular; worldly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 世俗 (Guoyu '世' adj 2)
7. shì adjective over generations
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 累代 (Guoyu '世' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '世' 2b, p. 415)
8. shì adverb always
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 从来 or 永远 in this sense (Han Dian '世' adv 2)
9. shì noun world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 世界; for example, 举世瞩目 'attract worldwide attention' (CCD '世' 6; FE '世' 4; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 5)
10. shì measure word a life; a lifetime
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense 一辈子 (CCD '世' 1; FE '世' 2; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 3; Guoyu '世' n 6; Kroll 2015 '世' 4, p. 415)
11. shì noun an era
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 时代 (CCD '世' 5; FE '世' 3; GHDC '世' 4; Guoyu '世' n 4; Kroll 2015 '世' 5, p. 415)
12. shì adjective from generation to generation; across generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 世谊 'friendship across generations' (CCD '世' 3; Guoyu '世' adj 1)
13. shì verb to keep good family relations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '世' 4)
14. shì proper noun Shi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '世' 4; GHDC '世' 9; Guoyu '世' n 8)
15. shì noun a geologic epoch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geology
    Notes: (Wikipedia 'Epoch_(geology)')
16. shì adjective hereditary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 世袭 (Kroll 2015 '世' 2a, p. 415; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1673)
17. shì noun later generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 3, p. 415)
18. shì noun a successor; an heir
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 3a, p. 415)
19. shì noun the current times
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 5a, p. 415)

Contained in

• 处世(處世) to conduct oneself in society
• 与世隔绝(與世隔絕) to be cut off from the rest of the world
• 逃世 to escape the world
• 宏观世界(宏觀世界) macrocosm; the world in the large
• 普世价值(普世價值) universal value
• 世面 aspects of society; the world
• 美利坚治世(美利堅治世) Pax Americana
• 存世 to remain in existence
• 沾染世俗 to be defiled by the secular world
• 济世(濟世) to help mankind
• 上新世 Pliocene
• 世卫组织(世衛組織) World Health Organization (WHO)
• 淑世 to make the world a better place
• 同一个世界，同一个梦想(同一個世界，同一個夢想) One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
• 世相 the way the world is
• 招世 for the world to welcome [somebody]
• 兴五世(興五世) florish for five generations
• 世足 World Cup (soccer)
• 世纪末(世紀末) end of the century
• 魔兽世界(魔獸世界) World of Warcraft (video game)
• 当世冠(當世冠) the foremost person of his age; unequalled; a leading light
• 盛世 a flourishing period
• 传世品(傳世品) a family heirloom
• 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
• 创世纪(創世紀) Genesis ; creation myth
• 亨利五世 Henry V
• 万世师表(萬世師表) model teacher of every age /eternal paragon
• 举世(舉世) throughout the world; world ranking
• 世俗 secular; worldly; profane ; upper class customs ; an ordinary person; a mortal
• 内心世界(內心世界) (one's) inner world
• 世事 affairs of life; things of the world
• 客观世界(客觀世界) the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
• 世纪(世紀) century
• 人世 the world; the human world; the world of the living ; life; a person's life
• 继绝世(繼絕世) to restore a broken family line
• 八世纪(八世紀) 8th century
• 普世教会(普世教會) ecumenical
• 华佗再世(華佗再世) Hua Tuo reborn
• 宿世 former times
• 中新世 Miocene
• 渐新世(漸新世) Oligocene

Also contained in

皇极经世 、 亨利一世 、 辽世宗 、 喻世明言 、 查士丁尼一世 、 世界金融中心 、 彭世洛 、 迦腻色伽一世 、 腓力二世 、 苏利耶跋摩一世

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三百六十四 列傳第一百二十三 韓世忠 Volume 364 Biographies 123: Han Shizhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 158
• 卷三百六十九 列傳第一百二十八 張俊 張宗顏 劉光世 王淵 解元 曲端 Volume 369 Biographies 128: Zhang Jun, Zhang Zongyan, Liu Guangshi, Wang Yuan, Jie Yuan, Qu Duan History of Song 宋史 — count: 148
• 卷五十四 列傳第四: 王世充 竇建德 Volume 54 Biographies 4: Wang Shicong, Dou Jiande Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 100
• 卷八十五　　　　列傳第十 王竇 Volume 85 Biographies 10: Wang, Dou New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 87
• 卷二百七十一 列傳第一百五十九 賀世賢 童仲揆 羅一貫 滿桂 趙率教 官惟賢 何可綱 黃龍 金日觀 Volume 271 Biographies 159: He Shixian, Tong Zhongkui, Luo Yiguan, Man Gui, Zhao Lujiao, Guan Weixian, He Kegang, Huang Long, Jin Riguan History of Ming 明史 — count: 69
• 卷75 尒朱兆 尒朱彦伯 尒朱度律 尒朱天光 Volume 75: Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Yanbo, Erzhu Dulu, Erzhu Tianguang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 66
• 卷四十八　列傳第三十六:　尒朱榮 Volume 48 Biographies 36: Er Zhurong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 63
• 卷一百九十九 列傳第八十七 李鉞 王憲 胡世寧 李承勛 王以旂 范鏓 王邦瑞 鄭曉 Volume 199 Biographies 87: Li Yue, Wang Xian, Hu Shining, Li Chengxun, Wang Yiqi, Fan Zong, Wang Bangrui, Zheng Xiao History of Ming 明史 — count: 58
• 卷七十九　列傳第六十七:　宇文述 王世充 段達 Volume 79 Biographies 67: Yu Wenshu, Wang Shichong, Duan Da History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 56
• 卷二百六十九 列傳第一百五十七 艾萬年 李卑 湯九州 陳于王 侯良柱 張令 猛如虎 虎大威 孫應元 姜名武 尤世威 侯世祿 劉國能 Volume 269 Biographies 157: Ai Wannian, Li Bei, Tang Jiuzhou, Chen Yuwang, Hou Liangzhu, Zhang Ling, Meng Ruhu, Hu Dawei, Sun Yingyuan, Jiang Mingwu, You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, Liu Guoneng History of Ming 明史 — count: 52

Collocations

• 世妇 (世婦) 國君不名卿老世婦 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 18
• 三世 (三世) 從政三世矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 13
• 世室 (世室) 世室屋壞 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 10
• 百世 (百世) 本支百世 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 9
• 数世 (數世) 數世之患也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 卫世 (衛世) 衛世叔儀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 世叔 (世叔) 衛世叔儀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 世叔齐 (世叔齊) 衛世叔齊出奔宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
• 夫人世 (夫人世) 夫人世婦在其次則杖 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 4
• 十世 (十世) 十世之利也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4