那世

nàshì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the next world
  2. 2 the afterlife
  3. 3 the world of the dead

Examples

Tā xiāngxìn hǎo rén dào nàshì huì yǒu hǎo bào.
She believes good people will be rewarded in the next world.
Zhè jiàn shì jiù ràng tā gēnzhe wǒ dào nàshì ba.
Let this matter follow me into the next world.

Tips

register
Older/literary; in everyday speech 来世 (láishì) 'the next life' or 阴间 (yīnjiān) 'the underworld' are far more common.
memory
Literally 'that world' — (nà) 'that' + (shì) 'world/age'. Pairs implicitly with (zhè shì) or (cǐ shì) 'this world'.

Stroke Order

shì