shì

  1. shì noun a generation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 一代; for example, the idiom 五世其昌 'five generations of prosperity' (CCD '世' 2; FE '世' 1; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 2; Guoyu '世' n 2; Kroll 2015 '世' 1, p. 415)
  2. shì noun a period of thirty years
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 三十年 (Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 1; Guoyu '世' n 1; Kroll 2015 '世' 1, p. 415)
  3. shì noun the world
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As an abbreviation for 世间 (FGDB '世間'; Guoyu '世' n 7; Kroll 2015 '世' 6, p. 415)
  4. shì noun years; age
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 年 or 岁 (Guoyu '世' n 5)
  5. shì noun a dynasty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 朝代 (Guoyu '世' n 3; Kroll 2015 '世' 3b, p. 415)
  6. shì adjective secular; worldly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 世俗 (Guoyu '世' adj 2)
  7. shì adjective over generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 累代 (Guoyu '世' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '世' 2b, p. 415)
  8. shì adverb always
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 从来 or 永远 in this sense (Han Dian '世' adv 2)
  9. shì noun world
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 世界; for example, 举世瞩目 'attract worldwide attention' (CCD '世' 6; FE '世' 4; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 5)
  10. shì measure word a life; a lifetime
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense 一辈子 (CCD '世' 1; FE '世' 2; Giles 1892 '世'; GHDC '世' 3; Guoyu '世' n 6; Kroll 2015 '世' 4, p. 415)
  11. shì noun an era
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 时代 (CCD '世' 5; FE '世' 3; GHDC '世' 4; Guoyu '世' n 4; Kroll 2015 '世' 5, p. 415)
  12. shì adjective from generation to generation; across generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 世谊 'friendship across generations' (CCD '世' 3; Guoyu '世' adj 1)
  13. shì verb to keep good family relations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '世' 4)
  14. shì proper noun Shi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '世' 4; GHDC '世' 9; Guoyu '世' n 8)
  15. shì noun a geologic epoch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geology
    Notes: (Wikipedia 'Epoch_(geology)')
  16. shì adjective hereditary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 世袭 (Kroll 2015 '世' 2a, p. 415; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1673)
  17. shì noun later generations
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 3, p. 415)
  18. shì noun a successor; an heir
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 3a, p. 415)
  19. shì noun the current times
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '世' 5a, p. 415)
  20. shì noun loka; a world
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: loka, Pali: loka, Japanese: sekai; seken, Tibetan: jig rten; an abbreviation of 世間 (BCSD '世', p. 67; BL 'loka', pp. 479-480; Ding '世'; FGDB '世'; SH '世', p. 164)

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  • Scroll 1 Sui Catalog of Scriptures by Fa Jing (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 211
  • Scroll 1 Tang Catalog of Sutras and Sastras from Eastern Capital Da Jing Ai Monastery (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 154
  • Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 132
  • Scroll 2 Tang Catalog of Sutras and Sastras from Eastern Capital Da Jing Ai Monastery (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 126
  • Scroll 8 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 123
  • Scroll 1 Sui Dynasty Renshou Era Catalog of Scriptures (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 115
  • Scroll 5 Tang Catalog of Sutras and Sastras from Eastern Capital Da Jing Ai Monastery (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 112
  • Scroll 2 Sui Dynasty Renshou Era Catalog of Scriptures (Zhong Jing Mulu) 眾經目錄 — count: 106
  • Scroll 2 Catalog of the Inner Canon of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐內典錄 — count: 103
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 93

Collocations

  • 七世 (七世) 此婆羅門七世已來父母真正 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 25
  • 世贪 (世貪) 捨世貪憂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 24
  • 舍世 (捨世) 乃使此等捨世榮位 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
  • 世有限 (世有限) 我與世有限無限 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
  • 无后世 (無後世) 必無後世 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 10
  • 世时 (世時) 乃往過去久遠世時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 10
  • 过去世 (過去世) 過去世時有何佛出現 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 世典 (世典) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 9
  • 世无限 (世無限) 謂知我與世無限 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 世中 (世中) 正當由於過去世中 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 6