Loving and being loved are the most joyful things in the world.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
世上
on earth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
on earth
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 世上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 世上 appears in 26 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Linda is the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
My mother makes the best cakes in the world.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 世上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 世上.
Directly before
- 这世上5
- 是世上3
- 爱世上1
- 奶是世上1
Directly after
- 世上没有4
- 世上有3
- 世上最好3
- 世上的3
- 世上最美2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 世上
What does 世上 mean in Chinese?
世上 (shìshàng) means on earth.
How do you pronounce 世上?
世上 is pronounced shìshàng.
Is 世上 an HSK word?
世上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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