世人 (shìrén): people of the world

Meanings

Shìrén dōu zhīdào zhège gùshì.

Everyone in the world knows this story.

Tā de fāxiàn zhènjīng le shìrén.

His discovery shocked the world.

register

世人 is literary and formal. In everyday speech, 大家 (dàjiā) or 人们 (rénmen) is more natural.

世 shì

人 rén