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- the Second (of numbered kings)
- second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
- to die
- future incarnation
- next life
- to be born
- to come into the world
- future generation
- generation
- period of 30 years
- one's whole lifetime
- lifelong
- age
- era
- times
- the whole world
- the First (of numbered European kings)
- to be published (of art, literary works etc)
- to come out
- to take shape
- to see the light of day
Trad. 亂世
- the world in chaos
- troubled times
- (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- to engage with secular society
- to involve oneself in human affairs
- to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
- uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father)
- old friend
- Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
- (literary) to pander to popular tastes; to conform opportunistically to prevailing trends
Trad. 世衛
- World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1])
Trad. 世運
- World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shi4 jie4 Yun4 dong4 hui4])
- (old) (Tw, HK) Olympic Games
Trad. 救世軍
- Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
- lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
Trad. 袁世凱
- Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
- Sasebo, city and naval port in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
Trad. 創世紀
- Genesis (first book of the Bible)
- the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西[Na4 xi1] ethnic group
- Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
Trad. 郎世寧
- Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years
- Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
- Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
Trad. 漸新世
- Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)
Trad. 鄧世昌
- Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese
- Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
Trad. 世博會
- World Expo (abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4])
Trad. 韓世昌
- Han Shichang (1897-1977), actor specializing in Kunqu opera 崑曲|昆曲[Kun1 qu3]
Trad. 世界報
- the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany)
- (soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
Trad. 觀世音
- Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
Trad. 當世冠
- the foremost person of his age
- unequalled
- a leading light
- Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
Trad. 世維會
- World Uighur Congress (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])
Trad. 白堊世
- Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
Trad. 世風日下
- public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
- the teeming world
- the world of sensual pleasures
Trad. 微觀世界
- the microscopic world; the realm of structures too small to be seen with the naked eye
- Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
Trad. 悲慘世界
- Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
- world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)
- romantic couple's world
Trad. 驚世駭俗
- universally shocking
- to offend the whole of society
Trad. 絕世佳人
- a woman of unmatched beauty (idiom)
Trad. 立身處世
- (idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
Trad. 客觀世界
- the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
- unpracticed
- inexperienced
- naive
- unsophisticated
Trad. 舉世無雙
- unrivaled (idiom); world number one
- unique
- unequaled
- Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1624
- Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[Feng2 Ji4 cai2]
Trad. 處世之道
- way of life
- attitude
- modus operandi
Trad. 公諸於世
- to announce to the world (idiom)
- to make public
- to let everyone know
Trad. 才華蓋世
- peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
- worldly wisdom
- the ways of the world
- to know how to get on in the world
Trad. 公之於世
- (idiom) to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know
Trad. 醒世恆言
- Stories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1627
- Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt
- History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
- great wide world
- marvelously diverse world
- (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])
Trad. 華佗再世
- lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom)
- fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician
Trad. 欺世盜名
- (idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name
Trad. 萬世師表
- model teacher of every age (idiom)
- eternal paragon
- refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom)
- to leave a mark for generations to come
- to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)