世界

shìjiè

noun HSK 3 #301

Meanings

1 world

Characters

generation; world

boundary; realm

Examples

世界很大，我想去看看。

Shìjiè hěn dà, wǒ xiǎng qù kànkan.

The world is big, I want to go see it.

全世界有很多国家。

Quán shìjiè yǒu hěnduō guójiā.

There are many countries in the whole world.

他想环游世界。

Tā xiǎng huányóu shìjiè.

He wants to travel around the world.

Tips

culture

世界很大，我想去看看 became a famous viral quote in China from a teacher's one-line resignation letter in 2015.

Stroke Order

世 shì

界 jiè