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世 shì

generation, era, age; world

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5
Level
HSK 3
Radical
一
Type
Pictograph
Made of 廿 ⿻廿?

Memory hint: Three leaves on a branch

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  1. 这是一个美丽的世界。
    Zhè shì yí ge měilì de shìjiè.
    This is a beautiful world.
    this is one (measure) beautiful (particle) world
  2. 世界上有多少个国家?
    Shìjiè shang yǒu duōshao ge guójiā?
    How many countries are there in the world?
    world on have how-many (measure) country
  3. 我们去看看世界吧。
    Wǒmen qù kànkan shìjiè ba.
    Let's go see the world.
    we go look-a-bit world (particle-suggestion)
  4. 这不是世界上最好的方法。
    Zhè bú shì shìjiè shang zuì hǎo de fāngfǎ.
    This isn't the best method in the world.
    this not is world on most good (particle) method
  5. 二十一世纪的时候科技发展得很快。
    Èrshíyī shìjì de shíhou kējì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.
    In the 21st century, technology developed very quickly.
    twenty-one century (particle) time technology develop (particle) very fast

Words with 世 (8)