| shì | life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime |
| 世 | surname Shi |
| 世上 | on earth |
| 世世 | from age to age |
| 世世代代 | ages and ages |
| 世乒赛 | World Table Tennis Championships |
| 世事 | affairs of life things of the world |
| 世交 | (long time) friend of the family |
| 世人 | (common) people |
| 世仇 | feud |
| 世代 | generation an era accumulation of years |
| 世代交替 | alternation of generations |
| 世代相传 | passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down |
| 世代相沿 | to be handed down from generation to generation |
| 世传 | handed down through generations |
| 世俗 | profane secular worldly |
| 世俗化 | secularise; secularize; secularization; carnalize |
| 世兄 | son of one's friend |
| 世务 | current affairs; the trend of the times |
| 世医 | physicians from a family for generations |
| 世博 | abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会 |