HSK 3 · Places

世界 shìjiè “world” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 世界 means

  1. world

How to say 世界

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale世shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale界jiè4th tone, falling

世界 in a sentence

  1. 我想改变世界。

    Wǒ xiǎng gǎibiàn shìjiè.

    I want to change the world.

    Sentence #1962050 from Tatoeba

  2. 我觉得世界上的语言都很有意思。

    Wǒ juéde shìjiè shàng de yǔyán dōu hěn yǒu yìsi.

    I think all the world’s languages are interesting.

    Sentence #4625766 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 世界上最美丽的地方在哪里？

    Shìjiè shàng zuì měilì de dìfang zài nǎlǐ?

    Where is the most beautiful place in the world?

    Sentence #2335959 from Tatoeba

How 世界 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 世 (shì) drawn as one shape
世shìlife

世 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 界 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
界jièboundary; border
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 介agent · jièSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 介 (jiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

How to write 世界

世 5 strokes · 界 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

世界 (shìjiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 世界 (shìjiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 世界

Words with 世

世纪shìjì · century去世qùshì · to pass away世代shìdài · for generations逝世shìshì · to pass away问世wènshì · to be published举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention

Words with 界

边界biānjiè · border界限jièxiàn · boundary境界jìngjiè · realm外界wàijiè · the outside world

More words: Places & Directions

黄河huánghé · Yellow River街道jiēdào · street楼lóu · story南nán · South图书馆túshūguǎn · library西xī · West洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet银行yínháng · bank

FAQs

世界 (shìjiè) means “world”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it shìjiè: shì with a 4th tone, then jiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 世界 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shijie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 世界 from the suggestions. Typing shijie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
世界 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.