世
shì
life
surname Shi; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
a picture of 世 → three generations on a branch
The original form showed three leaves on a branch, each leaf representing one generation — parent, self, child. Over time it broadened to mean the whole sweep of human time: a lifetime, an age, the world.
他家世代行医，到他已是第五世了。
tā jiā shì dài xíng yī, dào tā yǐ shì dì wǔ shì le。
His family has practiced medicine for generations; by his time it is already the fifth generation.
这位老人说，他这一世过得很平静。
zhè wèi lǎo rén shuō, tā zhè yī shì guò de hěn píng jìng。
The old man said that he had lived this lifetime in great peace.
Words with 世
世尊
shì zūn
World Honored One
世界报
shì jiè bào
the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany)
世界知识产权组织
shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī
World Intellectual Property Organization
乱世佳人
luàn shì jiā rén
Gone with the Wind (film)
世界
shì jiè
world
第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn
World War II
世面
shì miàn
the wider world
创世纪
chuàng shì jì
the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西[Na4 xi1] ethnic group
世交
shì jiāo
(long time) friend of the family
世界银行
shì jiè yín háng
World Bank
世行
shì háng
World Bank (abbr. for 世界銀行|世界银行[Shi4 jie4 Yin2 hang2])
中世纪
zhōng shì jì
medieval