世: world; generation; era

世 shì

noun
: world
: age; generation
: era; epoch
: life; lifetime
: descendant; noble

Kun Reading

世 | よ yo

noun
: world; society; age; generation

世界 shi4jie4: world [せかい sekai: the world; society; the universe]

世紀[纪] shi4ji4: century [世紀 | せいき seiki: century; era]

世代 shi4dai4: generation; an era; accumulation of years; passing on from generation to generation
[せだい sedai: generation; the world; the age]

世事 shi4shi4: affairs of life; things of the world
[せじ seji: worldly affairs]

世間[间] shi4jian1: world; earth
[世間 | せけん seken: world; society]

逝世 shi4shi4: to pass away; to die

去世 qu4shi4: to pass away; to die

問[问]世 wen4shi4: to be published; to come out

過[过]世 guo4shi4: to die; to pass away

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
立身出世 | りっしんしゅっせ risshin shusse
: (yoji) success in life

*生生世世 | しょうじょうぜぜ
: (yoji) eternity; forever; through all eternity

お世話になる | おせわになる osewa ni naru
: to receive favor; to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be grateful

大変お世話になりありがとうございました | たいへんおせわになりありがとうございました
taihen o sewa ni nari arigatou gozaimashita
: thank you for all your hard work

人間万事金の世の中 | にんげんばんじかねのよのなか ningen banji kane no yo no naka
: Money talks

余計な世話を焼く | よけいなせわをやく yokeina sewa o yaku
: to poke one’s nose (in) where one is not wanted

大きに御世話だ | おおきにおせわだ ooki ni o sewa da
OR
要らざる御世話 | いらざるおせわ irazaru o sewa
: It’s (That’s) none of your business

彼の世千日此の世一日 | あのよせんにちこのよいちにち
ano yosen nichi kono yo ichi nichi
: (proverb) a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next

浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ | はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ
hama no masago wa tsukiru tomo yo ni nusubito no tane wa tsukimaji
: the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

渡る世間に鬼は無い | わたるせけんにおにはない wataru seken ni oni wa nai
: all people aren’t evil; don’t distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere

憎まれっ子世に憚る | にくまれっこよにはばかる nikumarekko yo ni habakaru
: Ill weeds grow apace

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
一生一世 yi1 sheng1 yi1 shi4
: a whole lifetime; all my life

*生生世世 sheng1 sheng1 shi4 shi4
: continuous life

萬世師表 [万世师表] wan4 shi4 shi1 biao3
: model teacher of every age; eternal paragon. Refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子 Kong3zi3

公之于世 gong1 zhi1 yu2 shi4
: to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know

人生一世，草木一春 ren2 sheng1 yi1 shi4 , cao3 mu4 yi1 chun1
: Man has but one life, grass but one spring. fig. the brevity of human existence

與全世界為敵，冒天下之大不韙 [与全世界为敌，冒天下之大不韪] yu3 quan2 shi4 jie4 wei2 di2 , mao4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 da4 bu4 wei3
: to defy world opinion; to risk universal condemnation

聰明一世，糊塗一時 [聪明一世，糊涂一时] cong2 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2
: even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement; every man has a fool in his sleeve