| 世界 | shì jiè | world; CL:个 |
| 世 | shì | life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble; surname Shi |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century; CL:个 |
| 袁世凯 | Yuán Shì kǎi | Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China |
| 在世 | zài shì | to be alive |
| 世界观 | shì jiè guān | worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung |
| 第三世界 | dì sān shì jiè | Third World |
| 世纪末 | shì jì mò | end of the century |
| 中世纪 | zhōng shì jì | medieval; Middle Ages |
| 第二次世界大战 | Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War II |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away; to die |
| 三世 | sān shì | the Third (of named Kings) |
| 世家 | shì jiā | family influential for generations; aristocratic family |
| 世代 | shì dài | generation; an era; accumulation of years; passing on from generation to generation |
| 一世 | yī shì | generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of named European Kings) |
| 后世 | hòu shì | later generations |
| 世界大战 | shì jiè dà zhàn | world war |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide; entire world |
| 徐世昌 | Xú Shì chāng | Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921 |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away; to die |
| 问世 | wèn shì | to be published; to come out |
| 第一次世界大战 | Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War One |
| 出世 | chū shì | to enter the world (i.e. to be born); to be reborn (in Christianity) |
| 世上 | shì shàng | on earth |
| 世袭 | shì xí | succession; inheritance; hereditary |
| 万世 | wàn shì | all ages |
| 世间 | shì jiān | world; earth |
| 人世 | rén shì | human world |
| 世人 | shì rén | (common) people |
| 李世民 | Lǐ Shì mín | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649 |
| 世俗 | shì sú | profane; secular; worldly |
| 世系 | shì xì | lineage; genealogy; family tree |
| 盛世 | shèng shì | a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age |
| 家世 | jiā shì | family background |
| 举世 | jǔ shì | throughout the world; world ranking (e.g. first) |
| 身世 | shēn shì | one's life experience; one's lot |
| 当世 | dāng shì | the present age; in office; the current office holder |
| 世事 | shì shì | affairs of life; things of the world |
| 世界报 | shì jiè bào | Le Monde (French newspaper) |
| 乱世 | luàn shì | the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world |
| 今世 | jīn shì | this life; this age |
| 前世 | qián shì | previous generations; previous incarnation (Buddhism) |
| 永世 | yǒng shì | eternal; forever |
| 第二世界 | dì èr shì jiè | Second World |
| 三个世界 | sān gè shì jiè | three worlds, i.e. Western capitalism, Soviet communism and the non-aligned countries |
| 举世闻名 | jǔ shì wén míng | (saying) world famous |
| 不可一世 | bù kě yī shì | consider oneself unexcelled in the world; be insufferably arrogant |
| 尘世 | chén shì | this mortal life; the mundane world |
| 微观世界 | wēi guān shì jiè | microcosm; the microscopic world |
| 传世 | chuán shì | handed down from ancient times; family heirloom |
