shì

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  • 1

    n.lifetime

    • yī shì

      all one's life

    • jīn shì

      this present life

    • zài shì qī jiān

      期间

      during one's life time

  • 2

    n.world; society

    • sú shì

      earthly world

    • shì shang

      in the world

    • shì dào

      manners and morals of the time

  • 3

    n.from generation to generation

    • shì jué

      hereditary rank of nobility

    • shì yì

      friendship spanning many generations

    • shì jiāo

      long-standing friendship between two families

  • 4

    n.generation

    • dì shí shì

      tenth generation

  • 5

    n.of people who maintain good family relations

    • shì bó

      uncle

    • shì xiōng

      father's friend's son who is older than oneself

    • shì shū

      younger friend of one's father

  • 6

    n.age

    • shèng shì

      flourishing age

    • jìn shì

      modern times

    • dāng shì

      contemporary era

  • 7

    n.epoch

    • gǔ xīn shì

      the Palaeocene Epoch

Words and phrases with 世

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Chinese Characters with pinyin shì

  • this; yes
  • accident; work
  • market; buy or sell
  • try; examination
  • fit; right