VocabularyHSK 3 · core

世界

shìjiè

world

Part of speech · noun

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界boundary

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Examples

世界很大。
The world is vast.
环游世界。
Travel the world.

Collocations

全世界世界上世界杯

Mnemonic

世界 shìjiè "world" — 世 (era/society) + 界 (boundary/realm) = "realm of an era". Cognate of Korean segye / Japanese 世界 sekai. 世界杯 World Cup, 全世界 the whole world.

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