世

世 U+4E16, 世 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E16 ← 丕 [U+4E15] CJK Unified Ideographs 丗 → [U+4E17]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

世 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心廿 (PT), four-corner 4471₇, composition ⿻廿𠃊)

Derived characters

• 伳, 呭, 𪣅, 𡛶, 怈, 抴, 泄, 迣, 枻, 𬆑, 玴, 䄁, 朑, 𤤙, 𥅋, 𥹑, 紲(绁), 袣, 𦐕, 𮎉, 𮓽, 𬡽, 詍, 𧺿, 跇, 𣫸, 鉪, 靾, 齛
• 𢺿, 㰥, 𦐞, 屉, 𢇸, 𦭓, 疶, 𬙚, 𫢫, 笹, 髰, 枼, 𭁫, 𬔛, 𠁀, 𭁯, 𧉺, 貰(贳), 𩊈, 屜

Descendants

• せ (Hiragana character derived from man'yōgana)
• セ (Katakana character derived from man'yōgana)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: 一部/四畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.
• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31
• Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 14, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E16

Chinese

simp. and trad.		世
alternative forms		丗 ancient 卋 㔺 𠀍 𠦔 丗 ancient 卋 㔺 𠀍 𠦔 𬆑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 世
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b02948 b02949 b02950 b02951 b02952 b02953 b02954 b02955 b02956 b02957 b02958 b02959 b02960 b02961 b02962 b02963 b02964 b02965 b02966 b02967 b02968 b02969 b02970 b02971 b02972 Small seal script s01647 Transcribed ancient scripts L35781 L35782 L35783 L35784 L35785 L35786 L35787 L35788 L35789 L35790 L35791 L35792 L35793 L19868 L19869 L19870 L19871 L19872 L19873 L19874 L19875 L19876 L19877 L19878 L19879 L19880 L19881 L19882 L19883 L19884 L19885
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

• Pictogram (象形) – three leaves on a branch. The derivative 葉 (OC *hljeb, *leb) refers to the original word.
• Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): Triplication of 十 (“ten”) - thirty, such as a variant form 丗. Thirty years make one generation (thirty times twelve months gives 360 months). Compare 廿 (OC *njɯb, “twenty”).

Etymology

世 (OC *hljebs) is derived from iterative devoicing of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”) + *-s suffix, meaning successive foliages of a tree > generations. Compare Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”), Western Tibetan ལོབ་མ (lob ma, “leaf”) and Tibetan ལོ (lo, “year”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si⁴

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): shī

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): shiī

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шы (šɨ, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai³

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): soi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sai¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): si⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ / se

  (Hailu, HRS): shi^ˇ / she^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ / sê⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): si³
• Northern Min (KCR): si̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): sié
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si⁴ / se⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sì / sè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shr⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: shī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: shiī
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): shii⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шы (šɨ, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sai³
    • Yale: sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: soi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔi³²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ / se
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii / se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ / se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/, /se⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shi^ˇ / she^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃi¹¹/, /ʃe¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si⁴ / sê⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³/, /se⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: si³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: si⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi⁴²/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁴²/

Note:

• si4 - vernacular;
• se4 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
    • Tâi-lô: sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè
    • Tâi-lô: sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /se⁴¹/
Note:
• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
  • sì - vernacular;
  • sè - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: xi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy
    • MiniDict: sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: shr⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂʐ̩⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sz̩⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 世
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂʐ̩⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʂʐ̩⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂʐ̩²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃz̩⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂʐ̩³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʂʐ̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂʐ̩¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂʐ̩¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂʐ̩²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sz̩³⁵/
	Chengdu	/sz̩¹³/
	Guiyang	/sz̩²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʂʐ̩²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʂʐ̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sz̩⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʂʐ̩³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sz̩⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sz̩³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sz̩ʷ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sei⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕi³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/ɕie⁴²/ /ɕi¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sz̩⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sz̩⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ʃï⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐi³⁵/
	Nanning	/sɐi³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/se²¹/ /si²¹/ /sua²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/siɛ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/si³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/si²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ti³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syejH

Rime
Character	世
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒制切
Baxter	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ap-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	世
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syejH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ap-s/
English	generation
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	世
Reading #	1/1
No.	11537
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	丗
Old Chinese	/*hljebs/
Notes	本枼葉初文（文源）

Definitions

世

1. generation

   世代  ―  shìdài  ―  generation

   德皇威廉二世  ―  déhuáng Wēilián èr shì  ―  Kaiser Wilhelm II

   • 子曰：「如有王者，必世而後仁。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     子曰：「如有王者，必世而后仁。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Rú yǒu wángzhě, bì shì ér hòu rén.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require a generation, and then virtue would prevail."

2. (literary, or in compounds) for many generations; spanning many generations

   世襲／世袭  ―  shìxí  ―  to inherit; to succeed

   世仇  ―  shìchóu  ―  hereditary enemy

   • 下武維周，世有哲王。三后在天，王配于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     下武维周，世有哲王。三后在天，王配于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xià wǔ wéi Zhōu, shì yǒu zhé wáng. Sān hòu zài tiān, wáng pèi yú jīng. [Pinyin]

     Successors tread in the steps [of their predecessors] in our Zhou; for generations there had been wise kings. The three sovereigns were in heaven; and king [Wu] was their worthy successor in his capital.

3. (in terms of address) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship

   世伯  ―  shìbó  ―  uncle (friend of one's father)

4. lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life

   一生一世  ―  yīshēngyīshì  ―  all one's life

   下世 [Cantonese]  ―  haa⁶ sai³ [Jyutping]  ―  next life

5. era; period; time

   當今之世／当今之世  ―  dāngjīn zhī shì  ―  at present; nowadays

   • 鴻荒之世，聖人惡之，是以法始乎伏犠而成乎堯。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     鸿荒之世，圣人恶之，是以法始乎伏犠而成乎尧。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

     Hónghuāng zhī shì, shèngrén wù zhī, shìyǐ fǎ shǐ hū Fúxī ér chéng hū Yáo. [Pinyin]

     The sages hated the primeval time. Thus, laws and institutions were established by Fuxi and were completed by Yao.

6. (geology) epoch (geochronologic unit)

   全新世  ―  quánxīnshì  ―  holocene

7. world; people in the world

   世界  ―  shìjiè  ―  world

   在世  ―  zàishì  ―  alive

   • 世稱東方生之盛也，言不純師，行不純表，其流風、遺書，蔑如也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     世称东方生之盛也，言不纯师，行不纯表，其流风、遗书，蔑如也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE

     Shì chēng Dōngfāng shēng zhī shèng yě, yán bù chún shī, xíng bù chún biǎo, qí liúfēng, yíshū, mièrú yě. [Pinyin]

     The world lauds the exuberance of Dongfang Shuo's life. But in speaking, he was not sincere enough to be a teacher, and in action, he was not sincere enough to be a role model. The remnants of his writings that are still floating around should be discarded.

   • 1863, “大旨言耶穌爲世之大光照臨萬國也”, in Charles Finney Preston, transl., 《耶穌言行撮要俗話》, Guangzhou: 雙門底福音堂, 約翰 [John] 1:10:

     佢也曾喺世嗻、世係佢所造、世就唔識佢 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢也曾喺世嗻、世系佢所造、世就唔识佢 [Cantonese, simp.]

     keoi⁵ jaa⁵ cang⁴ hai² sai³ syu³, sai³ hai⁶ keoi⁵ so² zou⁶, sai³ zau⁶ m⁴ sik¹ keoi⁵ [Jyutping]

     He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

8. (literary, or in compounds) dynasty; regime

   • 問今是何世，乃不知有漢，無論魏晉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问今是何世，乃不知有汉，无论魏晋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記), by Tao Yuanming, 421 (Wiktionary translation)

     Wèn jīn shì hé shì, nǎi bùzhī yǒu Hàn, wúlùn Wèi Jìn. [Pinyin]

     They asked what the current ruling dynasty was. Surprisingly, they had not even heard of the Han, let alone the Wei and the Jin.

   • 爰自麗世之季，及至我朝之初，屢經島夷之陸梁，寺亦焚燬。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Former inscription at Gunjasa Temple, Hamyang County, 1684

     원자여세지계^(로) 급지아조지초^(히) 누경도이지육량^(하야) 사역분훼^(라)
     Won ja Yeo se ji gye[-ro], geupji ajo ji cho[-hi], nu gyeong doi ji yungnyang[-haya], sa yeok bunhwe[-ra]. [Sino-Korean]

     From the end of the Goryeo dynasty to the early years of the present dynasty, [the area] suffered repeated incursions by the island savages, and the temple was also burnt and destroyed.

9. (literary, or in compounds) year; age
10. (literary, or in compounds) worldly; profane; secular

    人情世故  ―  rénqíngshìgù  ―  ways of the world

11. a surname

Synonyms

• (generation): 代 (dài)
• (for many generations):

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• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
• 代代 (dàidài) (literary)
• 祖代 (zǔdài) (literary)
• 累世 (lěishì) (literary)
• 累代 (lěidài) (literary)

• (lifetime):

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• 一世 (yīshì)
• 一生 (yīshēng)
• 一生一世 (yīshēngyīshì)
• 一輩子 / 一辈子 (yībèizi) (colloquial)
• 平生 (píngshēng)
• 永世 (yǒngshì)
• 永生 (yǒngshēng)
• 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì)
• 生平 (shēngpíng)
• 畢生 / 毕生 (bìshēng)
• 終生 / 终生 (zhōngshēng)
• 終身 / 终身 (zhōngshēn)
• 輩 / 辈 (bèi)
• 輩子 / 辈子 (bèizi)

• (era):

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• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 光陰 / 光阴 (Dungan)
• 年代 (niándài)
• 年候兒 / 年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 年歲 / 年岁 (niánsuì)
• 年華 / 年华 (niánhuá)
• 年號 / 年号 (Hokkien)
• 時代 / 时代 (shídài)
• 時期 / 时期 (shíqī)
• 朝代 (cháodài)
• 歲月 / 岁月 (suìyuè)

• (world):

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• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 區宇 / 区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 四國 / 四国 (sìguó) (literary)
• 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
• 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 宇內 / 宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)

• (dynasty):

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• 上國 / 上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
• 中國 / 中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
• 公家 (gōngjiā)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng)
• 國家 / 国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 朝廷 (cháotíng)
• 王室 (wángshì)
• 王家 (wángjiā)
• 王朝 (wángcháo)
• 皇室 (huángshì)
• 皇朝 (huángcháo)

Compounds

• 一世 (yīshì)
• 上世 (shàngshì)
• 三世 (sānshì)
• 下世 (xiàshì)
• 上新世 (Shàngxīnshì)
• 不世 (bùshì)
• 不偶世
• 世上 (shìshàng)
• 世世代代 (shìshìdàidài)
• 世主 (shìzhǔ)
• 世事 (shìshì)
• 世交 (shìjiāo)
• 世人 (shìrén)
• 世仇 (shìchóu)
• 世代 (shìdài)
• 世伯 (shìbó)
• 世侄 (shìzhí)
• 世依
• 世俗 (shìsú)
• 世傳 / 世传 (shìchuán)
• 世儒
• 世兄 (shìxiōng)
• 世典
• 世務 / 世务 (shìwù)
• 世及
• 世叔
• 世味
• 世嗣宦族
• 世外桃源 (shìwàitáoyuán)
• 世好
• 世婦 / 世妇 (shìfù)
• 世子 (shìzǐ)
• 世家 (shìjiā)
• 世尊 (Shìzūn)
• 世局 (shìjú)
• 世居 (shìjū)
• 世弟
• 世德 (shìdé)
• 世恩錄 / 世恩录
• 世情 (shìqíng)
• 世態 / 世态 (shìtài)
• 世故 (shìgù)
• 世教
• 世新大學 / 世新大学
• 世族 (shìzú)
• 世業 / 世业 (shìyè)
• 世母
• 世法
• 世海他人
• 世父 (shìfù)
• 世牒
• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 世系 (shìxì)
• 世紀 / 世纪 (shìjì)
• 世綵堂 / 世彩堂
• 世胙
• 世胄 (shìzhòu)
• 世臺 / 世台
• 世表
• 世衰道微 (shìshuāidàowēi)
• 世襲 / 世袭 (shìxí)
• 世說新語 / 世说新语 (Shìshuōxīnyǔ)
• 世誼 / 世谊
• 世論 / 世论 (shìlùn)
• 世講 / 世讲
• 世譜 / 世谱
• 世變 / 世变 (shìbiàn)
• 世貿中心 / 世贸中心
• 世路
• 世運 / 世运 (Shìyùn)
• 世道 (shìdào)
• 世醫 / 世医 (shìyī)
• 世間 / 世间 (shìjiān)
• 世面 (shìmiàn)
• 世風 / 世风 (shìfēng)
• 並世 / 并世 (bìngshì)
• 中世 (Zhōngshì)
• 中新世
• 九世之仇 (jiǔshìzhīchóu)
• 亂世 / 乱世 (luànshì)
• 二世 (èrshì)
• 五世其昌
• 五濁惡世 / 五浊恶世
• 人世 (rénshì)
• 今世 (jīnshì)
• 來世 / 来世 (láishì)
• 偷世竊名 / 偷世窃名
• 傲世 (àoshì)
• 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì)
• 傳世 / 传世 (chuánshì)
• 元世祖
• 先世 (xiānshì)
• 入世 (rùshì)
• 兩世姻緣 / 两世姻缘
• 公諸於世 / 公诸于世 (gōngzhūyúshì)
• 再世 (zàishì)
• 冠世之才
• 出世 (chūshì)
• 前世 (qiánshì)
• 創世 / 创世 (chuàngshì)
• 勸世 / 劝世 (quànshì)
• 化世
• 半世 (bànshì)
• 即世 (jíshì)
• 厭世 / 厌世 (yànshì)
• 厲世摩鈍 / 厉世摩钝
• 去世 (qùshì)
• 叔世 (shūshì)
• 古新世
• 名世
• 命世 (mìngshì)
• 問世 / 问世 (wènshì)
• 喻世明言
• 在世 (zàishì)
• 塵世 / 尘世 (chénshì)
• 夙世冤家
• 夙世因緣 / 夙世因缘
• 大同之世
• 夷世
• 奕世
• 媚世 (mèishì)
• 季世 (jìshì)
• 家世 (jiāshì)
• 宿世
• 就世
• 希世 (xīshì)
• 平世
• 幻世
• 度世
• 後世 / 后世 (hòushì)
• 御世 (yùshì)
• 忿世嫉俗
• 忿世嫉邪
• 怨世罵時 / 怨世骂时
• 惑世盜名 / 惑世盗名
• 慢世
• 憤世 / 愤世
• 應世 / 应世
• 才為世出 / 才为世出
• 故世 (gùshì)
• 救世 (jiùshì)
• 敦世厲俗 / 敦世厉俗
• 明世 (míngshì)
• 時世 / 时世 (shíshì)
• 時移世易 / 时移世易 (shíyíshìyì)
• 時移世異 / 时移世异
• 時移世變 / 时移世变
• 晚世
• 晻世 / 暗世
• 暮世
• 曠世 / 旷世 (kuàngshì)
• 曲學阿世 / 曲学阿世 (qūxué'ēshì)
• 末世 (mòshì)
• 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì)
• 欺世亂俗 / 欺世乱俗
• 欺世惑俗
• 欺世盜名 / 欺世盗名 (qīshìdàomíng)
• 欺世罔俗
• 欺世釣譽 / 欺世钓誉
• 永世 (yǒngshì)
• 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì)
• 泉世 (quánshì)
• 治世 (zhìshì)
• 流傳於世 / 流传于世
• 洪積世 / 洪积世
• 浮世 (fúshì)
• 涉世 (shèshì)
• 淑世
• 清世 (qīngshì)
• 混世魔王
• 渾世 / 浑世
• 濁世 / 浊世 (zhuóshì)
• 濟世 / 济世 (jìshì)
• 濟時拯世 / 济时拯世
• 無補於世 / 无补于世
• 玩世 (wánshì)
• 現世 / 现世 (xiànshì)
• 生生世世 (shēngshēngshìshì)
• 用世
• 當世 / 当世 (dāngshì)
• 疾世憤俗 / 疾世愤俗
• 百世 (bǎishì)
• 盛世 (shèngshì)
• 盜名欺世 / 盗名欺世 (qīshìdàomíng)
• 盡世 / 尽世
• 知人論世 / 知人论世
• 矯世 / 矫世
• 萬世 / 万世 (wànshì)
• 稀世 (xīshì)
• 立世
• 累世 (lěishì)
• 絕世 / 绝世 (juéshì)
• 經世 / 经世 (jīngshì)
• 緯世 / 纬世
• 繫世 / 系世
• 老世陳 / 老世陈 (Lǎoshìchén)
• 聞名於世 / 闻名于世 (wénmíngyúshì)
• 背世
• 與世俯仰 / 与世俯仰
• 與世偃仰 / 与世偃仰
• 與世沉浮 / 与世沉浮
• 與世浮沉 / 与世浮沉
• 與世無爭 / 与世无争 (yǔshìwúzhēng)
• 與世長辭 / 与世长辞 (yǔshìchángcí)
• 與世靡爭 / 与世靡争
• 舉世 / 举世 (jǔshì)
• 華胥世 / 华胥世
• 蓋世 / 盖世 (gàishì)
• 處世 / 处世 (chǔshì)
• 衰世
• 見世報 / 见世报
• 覺世 / 觉世
• 觀世音 / 观世音 (Guānshìyīn)
• 詭辭欺世 / 诡辞欺世
• 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì)
• 譁世取寵 / 哗世取宠
• 警世 (jǐngshì)
• 超世之才
• 超世拔俗
• 超世絕俗 / 超世绝俗
• 超世絕倫 / 超世绝伦
• 身世 (shēnshì)
• 輕世傲物 / 轻世傲物
• 轉世 / 转世 (zhuǎnshì)
• 辟世
• 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì)
• 近世 (jìnshì)
• 迍邅之世
• 逃世
• 逢世
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 逸世超群
• 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
• 遁世 (dùnshì)
• 違世遁俗 / 违世遁俗
• 遯世 / 遁世
• 遺世 / 遗世 (yíshì)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 邁世 / 迈世
• 邪世 (xiéshì)
• 醒世 (xǐngshì)
• 重世
• 釣名欺世 / 钓名欺世
• 長世 / 长世
• 閱世 / 阅世
• 降世 (jiàngshì)
• 陰世 / 阴世
• 陽世 / 阳世 (yángshì)
• 隔世 (géshì)
• 隨世沉浮 / 随世沉浮
• 離世 / 离世 (líshì)
• 面世 (miànshì)
• 風世勵俗 / 风世励俗
• 驚世駭俗 / 惊世骇俗 (jīngshìhàisú)
• 高世

References

• “世”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–