| 世上无难事，只怕有心人 | [ shì shàng wú nán shì zhǐ pà yoǔ xīn rén ] see 天下無難事，只怕有心人|天下无难事，只怕有心人[tian1 xia4 wu2 nan2 shi4 , zhi3 pa4 you3 xin1 ren2] |
| 世代相传 | [ shì daì xiāng chuán ] passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down |
| 世务 | [ shì wù ] worldly affairs |
| 世博会 | [ shì bó huì ] World Exposition, abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo |
| 世态 | [ shì taì ] the ways of the world, social behavior |
| 世态炎凉 | [ shì taì yán liáng ] the hypocrisy of the world (idiom) |
| 世涛 | [ shì taō ] stout (beer) (loanword) |
| 世界人权宣言 | [ shì jiè rén quán xuān yán ] Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 世界博览会 | [ shì jiè bó lǎn huì ] World Expo, abbr. to 世博[Shi4 bo2] |
| 世界地图 | [ shì jiè dì tú ] world map |
| 世界报 | [ shì jiè baò ] the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany) |
| 世界大战 | [ shì jiè dà zhàn ] world war |
| 世界小姐选美 | [ shì jiè jie xuǎn meǐ ] Miss World Beauty Pageant |
| 世界强国 | [ shì jiè qiáng guó ] world power |
| 世界文化遗产 | [ shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn ] (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage |
| 世界文化遗产地 | [ shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn dì ] World Heritage site |
| 世界旅游组织 | [ shì jiè lǚ yoú zǔ zhī ] World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) |
| 世界日报 | [ shì jiè rì baò ] World Journal, US newspaper |
| 世界气象组织 | [ shì jiè qì xiàng zǔ zhī ] World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
| 世界海关组织 | [ shì jiè haǐ guān zǔ zhī ] World Customs Organization |
| 世界知识产权组织 | [ shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī ] World Intellectual Property Organization |
| 世界粮食署 | [ shì jiè liáng shi shǔ ] World food program (United Nations aid agency) |
| 世界纪录 | [ shì jiè jì lù ] world record |
| 世界级 | [ shì jiè jí ] world-class |
| 世界经济 | [ shì jiè jīng jì ] global economy, world economy |
| 世界经济论坛 | [ shì jiè jīng jì lùn tán ] World Economic Forum |
| 世界维吾尔代表大会 | [ shì jiè weí wú ěr daì dà huì ] World Uighur Congress |
| 世界闻名 | [ shì jiè wén míng ] world famous |
| 世界自然基金会 | [ shì jiè zì rán jī jīn huì ] World Wildlife Fund WWF |
| 世界卫生大会 | [ shì jiè weì shēng dà huì ] World Health Assembly |
| 世界卫生组织 | [ shì jiè weì shēng zǔ zhī ] World Health Organization (WHO) |
| 世界观 | [ shì jiè guān ] worldview, world outlook, Weltanschauung |
| 世界语 | [ shì jiè yǔ ] Esperanto |
| 世界变暖 | [ shì jiè biàn nuǎn ] global warming |
| 世界贸易 | [ shì jiè maò yì ] world trade, global trade |
| 世界贸易中心 | [ shì jiè maò yì zhōng xīn ] World Trade Center |
| 世界贸易组织 | [ shì jiè maò yì zǔ zhī ] World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| 世界运动会 | [ shì jiè yùn dòng huì ] World Games |
| 世界野生生物基金会 | [ shì jiè yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì ] World Wildlife Fund (WWF) |
| 世界银行 | [ shì jiè yín háng ] World Bank |
| 世禄 | [ shì lù ] hereditary benefits such as rank and wealth |
| 世禄之家 | [ shì lù zhī jiā ] family with hereditary emoluments |
| 世纪 | [ shì jì ] century, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 世纪末 | [ shì jì mò ] end of the century |
| 世纪末年 | [ shì jì mò nián ] final years of the century |
| 世维会 | [ shì weí huì ] abbr. for 世界維吾爾代表大會|世界维吾尔代表大会[Shi4 jie4 Wei2 wu2 er3 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4], World Uighur Congress |
| 世职 | [ shì zhí ] hereditary office |
| 世卫 | [ shì weì ] World Health Organization (WHO), abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1] |
| 世卫组织 | [ shì weì zǔ zhī ] World Health Organization (WHO), abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1] |
| 世袭 | [ shì xí ] succession, inheritance, hereditary |
| 世袭之争 | [ shì xí zhī zhēng ] succession struggle, dispute over inheritance |
| 世袭君主国 | [ shì xí jūn zhǔ guó ] hereditary monarchy |
| 世说新语 | [ shì shuō xīn yǔ ] A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4] |
| 世贸 | [ shì maò ] World Trade Organization (WTO), abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 |
| 世贸中心大楼 | [ shì maò zhōng xīn dà loú ] World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists) |
| 世贸大厦 | [ shì maò dà shà ] World Trade Center |
| 世贸组织 | [ shì maò zǔ zhī ] WTO (World Trade Organization) |
| 世运 | [ shì yùn ] World Games, abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shi4 jie4 Yun4 dong4 hui4] |
| 世银 | [ shì yín ] World Bank, abbr. for 世界銀行|世界银行[Shi4 jie4 Yin2 hang2] |
| 世锦赛 | [ shì jǐn saì ] world championship |
| 世间 | [ shì jiān ] world, earth |
| 世隔绝 | [ shì gé jué ] isolated from the world, disconnected |
| 世风 | [ shì fēng ] public morals |
| 世风日下 | [ shì fēng rì xià ] public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom) |
| ⇒ 三个世界 | [ sān ge shì jiè ] the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America |
| ⇒ 不谙世故 | [ bù ān shì gù ] unworldly, unsophisticated |
| ⇒ 中世纪 | [ zhōng shì jì ] medieval, Middle Ages |
| ⇒ 乱世 | [ luàn shì ] the world in chaos, troubled times, (in Buddhism) the mortal world |
| ⇒ 乱世佳人 | [ luàn shì jiā rén ] Gone with the Wind (film) |
| ⇒ 二十一世纪 | [ èr shí yī shì jì ] 21st century |
| ⇒ 二十世纪 | [ èr shí shì jì ] 20th century |
| ⇒ 二次世界大战 | [ èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn ] World War Two |
| ⇒ 人世间 | [ rén shì jiān ] the secular world |
| ⇒ 来世 | [ laí shì ] afterlife, next life |
| ⇒ 传世 | [ chuán shì ] handed down from ancient times, family heirloom |
| ⇒ 内心世界 | [ neì xīn shì jiè ] (one's) inner world |
| ⇒ 全世界无产者联合起来 | [ quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai ] Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!, Workers of the world, unite! |
| ⇒ 公诸于世 | [ gōng zhū yú shì ] to announce to the world (idiom), to make public, to let everyone know |
| ⇒ 前世姻缘 | [ qián shì yīn yuán ] a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) |
| ⇒ 创世 | [ chuàng shì ] the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2), the first foundational steps |
| ⇒ 创世纪 | [ chuàng shì jì ] Genesis (first book of the Bible) |
| ⇒ 创世纪 | [ chuàng shì jì ] creation myth |
| ⇒ 创世记 | [ chuàng shì jì ] Book of Genesis, First Book of Moses |
| ⇒ 创世论 | [ chuàng shì lùn ] creationism (religion) |
| ⇒ 协调世界时 | [ xié shì jiè shí ] Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
| ⇒ 厌世 | [ yàn shì ] world-weary, pessimistic |
| ⇒ 同一个世界，同一个梦想 | [ tóng yī gè shì jiè tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng ] One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games |
| ⇒ 周游世界 | [ zhoū yoú shì jiè ] to travel around the world |
| ⇒ 哈拉尔五世 | [ hā lā ěr wǔ shì ] Harald V of Norway |
| ⇒ 问世 | [ wèn shì ] to be published, to come out |
| ⇒ 乔治一世 | [ zhì yī shì ] George I of Great Brittain |
| ⇒ 尘世 | [ chén shì ] this mortal life, the mundane world |
| ⇒ 孤独于世 | [ gū dú yú shì ] alone in the world (idiom) |
| ⇒ 宏观世界 | [ hóng guān shì jiè ] macrocosm, the world in the large |
| ⇒ 客观世界 | [ kè guān shì jiè ] the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation) |
| ⇒ 对世权 | [ duì shì quán ] (law) absolute rights, erga omnes rights |
| ⇒ 属世 | [ shǔ shì ] of this world |
| ⇒ 后世 | [ hoù shì ] later generations |
| ⇒ 微观世界 | [ weī guān shì jiè ] microcosm, the microscopic world |
| ⇒ 悲惨世界 | [ beī cǎn shì jiè ] Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3] |
| ⇒ 愤世嫉俗 | [ fèn shì jí sú ] to be cynical, to be embittered |
| ⇒ 悬壶济世 | [ xuán hú jì shì ] practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public |
| ⇒ 才华盖世 | [ caí huá gaì shì ] peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit |
| ⇒ 救世军 | [ jiù shì jūn ] Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865) |
| ⇒ 施华洛世奇水晶 | [ shī huá luò shì qí shuǐ jīng ] Swarovski crystal |
| ⇒ 普世教会 | [ pǔ shì huì ] ecumenical |
| ⇒ 旷世 | [ kuàng shì ] incomparable, none to compare with at that time |
| ⇒ 本笃十六世 | [ běn dǔ shí liù shì ] Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), pope 2005-2013 |
| ⇒ 弃世 | [ qì shì ] to leave this world, to die |
| ⇒ 极乐世界 | [ jí lè shì jiè ] paradise (mainly Buddhist), Elysium, (Budd.) Sukhavati |
| ⇒ 欺世盗名 | [ qī shì daò míng ] to fool the world and usurp a good name (idiom) |
| ⇒ 浮世绘 | [ fú shì huì ] ukiyo-e |
| ⇒ 满世界 | [ mǎn shì jiè ] everywhere, across the world |
| ⇒ 渐新世 | [ jiàn xīn shì ] Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago) |
| ⇒ 浊世 | [ zhuó shì ] the world in chaos, troubled times, the mortal world (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 物欲世界 | [ wù yù shì jiè ] the world of material desires (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 现世 | [ xiàn shì ] this life, to lose face, to be disgraced |
| ⇒ 现世报 | [ xiàn shì baò ] karmic retribution within one's lifetime |
| ⇒ 现世宝 | [ xiàn shì baǒ ] good-for-nothing, fool |
| ⇒ 当世 | [ dāng shì ] the present age, in office, the current office holder |
| ⇒ 当世之冠 | [ dāng shì zhī guàn ] the foremost person of his age, unequalled, a leading light |
| ⇒ 当世冠 | [ dāng shì guàn ] the foremost person of his age, unequalled, a leading light |
| ⇒ 当世无双 | [ dāng shì wú shuāng ] unequalled in his time |
| ⇒ 白垩世 | [ baí è shì ] Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) |
| ⇒ 神爱世人 | [ shén aì shì rén ] the gods love the common people (idiom) |
| ⇒ 立身处世 | [ lì shēn chǔ shì ] the way of one's conduct and interaction in society (idiom) |
| ⇒ 第一次世界大战 | [ dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn ] World War One |
| ⇒ 第二次世界大战 | [ dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn ] World War II |
| ⇒ 绝世 | [ jué shì ] unique, exceptional |
| ⇒ 绝世佳人 | [ jué shì jiā rén ] a woman of unmatched beauty (idiom) |
| ⇒ 经世 | [ jīng shì ] statecraft |
| ⇒ 罗世昌 | [ luó shì chāng ] Luo Shichang, Qing dynasty painter |
| ⇒ 美利坚治世 | [ meǐ lì jiān zhì shì ] Pax Americana |
| ⇒ 美丽新世界 | [ meǐ lì xīn shì jiè ] Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[A1 dao4 si1 · He4 xu1 li2] |
| ⇒ 老于世故 | [ laǒ yú shì gù ] experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise, sophisticated |
| ⇒ 耶稣基督末世圣徒教会 | [ yē sū jī dū mò shì shèng tú huì ] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| ⇒ 闻名于世 | [ wén míng yú shì ] world-famous |
| ⇒ 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | [ cōng ming yī shì měng dǒng yī shí ] see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] |
| ⇒ 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | [ cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí ] even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom), every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| ⇒ 与世俯仰 | [ yǔ shì fǔ yǎng ] to swim with the tide (idiom) |
| ⇒ 与世永别 | [ yǔ shì yǒng bié ] to die |
| ⇒ 与世无争 | [ yǔ shì wú zhēng ] to stand aloof from worldly affairs |
| ⇒ 与世长辞 | [ yǔ shì cháng cí ] to die, to depart from the world forever |
| ⇒ 与世隔绝 | [ yǔ shì gé jué ] to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom) |
| ⇒ 与全世界为敌 | [ yǔ quán shì jiè weí dí ] to fight the whole world (idiom) |
| ⇒ 举世 | [ jǔ shì ] throughout the world, world ranking (e.g. first) |
| ⇒ 举世无双 | [ jǔ shì wú shuāng ] unrivaled (idiom); world number one, unique, unequaled |
| ⇒ 举世瞩目 | [ jǔ shì zhǔ mù ] to receive worldwide attention |
| ⇒ 举世闻名 | [ jǔ shì wén míng ] world-famous (idiom) |
| ⇒ 莱齐耶三世 | [ laí qí yē sān shì ] Letsie III of Lesotho |
| ⇒ 万世 | [ wàn shì ] all ages |
| ⇒ 万世师表 | [ wàn shì shī ] model teacher of every age (idiom), eternal paragon, refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子[Kong3 zi3] |
| ⇒ 著称于世 | [ zhù chēng yú shì ] world-renowned |
| ⇒ 盖世 | [ gaì shì ] unrivalled, matchless |
| ⇒ 盖世太保 | [ gaì shì taì baǒ ] Gestapo |
| ⇒ 苏黎世 | [ sū lí shì ] Zurich, Switzerland |
| ⇒ 苏黎世联邦理工学院 | [ sū lí shì lián bāng lǐ gōng xué yuàn ] Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university |
| ⇒ 处世 | [ chǔ shì ] to conduct oneself in society |
| ⇒ 处世之道 | [ chǔ shì zhī daò ] way of life, attitude, modus operandi |
| ⇒ 处世原则 | [ chǔ shì yuán zé ] a maxim, one's principles |
| ⇒ 蜚声世界 | [ feī shēng shì jiè ] famous throughout the world |
| ⇒ 袁世凯 | [ yuán shì kaǐ ] Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China |
| ⇒ 西方极乐世界 | [ xī fāng jí lè shì jiè ] Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) |
| ⇒ 见世面 | [ jiàn shì miàn ] to see the world, to broaden one's horizons |
| ⇒ 观世音 | [ guān shì yīn ] Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) |
| ⇒ 观世音菩萨 | [ guān shì yīn pú sà ] Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) |
| ⇒ 谢世 | [ xiè shì ] to die, to pass away |
| ⇒ 转世 | [ zhuǎn shì ] reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 辞世 | [ cí shì ] to die, to depart this life (euphemism), same as 去世 |
| ⇒ 过世 | [ guò shì ] to die, to pass away |
| ⇒ 避世绝俗 | [ bì shì jué sú ] to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom) |
| ⇒ 郎世宁 | [ láng shì níng ] Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who served as Qing court painter for 50 years |
| ⇒ 邓世昌 | [ dèng shì chāng ] Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese |
| ⇒ 醒世恒言 | [ xǐng shì héng yán ] Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1627 |
| ⇒ 阅世 | [ yuè shì ] to see the world |
| ⇒ 阳世 | [ yáng shì ] world of the living |
| ⇒ 阳世间 | [ yáng shì jiān ] the world of the living |
| ⇒ 离世 | [ lí shì ] to pass away, death |
| ⇒ 离开人世 | [ lí kaī rén shì ] to die, to leave this world |
| ⇒ 灵的世界 | [ líng de shì jiè ] spirit world |
| ⇒ 韩世昌 | [ hán shì chāng ] Han Shichang (1897-1977), actor specializing in Kunqu opera 昆曲[Kun1 qu3] |
| ⇒ 惊世骇俗 | [ jīng shì haì sú ] universally shocking, to offend the whole of society |
| ⇒ 魔兽世界 | [ mó shoù shì jiè ] World of Warcraft (video game) |
