世
Meanings
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- 1.surname Shi
- 1.life
- 2.age
- 3.generation
- 4.era
- 5.world
- 6.lifetime
- 7.epoch
- 8.descendant
- 9.noble
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Wiktionary
- 1.generation
- 2.for many generations; spanning many generations
- 3.longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
- 4.lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life
- 5.era; period; time
- 6.epoch (geochronologic unit)
- 7.world; people in the world
- 8.dynasty; regime
- 9.year; age
- 10.worldly; profane; secular
- 11.a surname
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Etymology
Jiajie (假借): Variant form of 枼 (the original form of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”)) with the tree removed. Shuowen interprets it as 十 triplicated: thirty years make one generation (thirty times twelve months gives 360 months). 世 (OC *hljebs) is derived from iterative devoicing of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”) + *-s suffix, meaning successive foliages of a tree > generations. Compare Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”), Western Tibetan ལོབ་མ (lob ma, “leaf”) and Tibetan ལོ (lo, “year”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他昨天過世了。
He passed away yesterday.
他們相信來世。
They believe in a life after death.
他的父親去年過世了。
His father passed away last year.
他被車撞了之後便過世了。
He was hit by a car and died instantly.
她從她父親過世的震驚中恢復了。
She got over the shock of her father's death.
你能想象21世紀會是甚麼樣嗎？
Can you imagine what the 21st century will be like?
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