CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

二世

èrshì

the Second (of numbered kings)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

the Second (of numbered kings)

second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 二世 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 二世 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

星期二是女王登基钻石庆典的最后一天，标志著伊莉莎白二世女王登基 60 周年。xīng qī èr shì nǚ wáng dēng jī zuàn shí qìng diǎn de zuì hòu yī tiān， biāo zhì zhù yī lì shā bái èr shì nǚ wáng dēng jī 60 zhōu nián。

Tuesday marked the final day of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne.

若望保禄二世是第一个在复活节用世界语祝祷的教皇, 换句话说, 就是在1994年4月3日; 那年的圣诞节他也用世界语祝福。他还更进一步地在后来的几年这样做, 他的继任者也跟他一样。ruò wàng bǎo lù èr shì shì dì yí gè zài fù huó jié yòng shì jiè yǔ zhù dǎo de jiào huáng, huàn jù huà shuō, jiù shì zài 1994 nián 4 yuè 3 rì; nà nián de shèng dàn jié tā yě yòng shì jiè yǔ zhù fú。 tā hái gèng jìn yí bù dì zài hòu lái de jǐ nián zhè yàng zuò, tā de jì rèn zhě yě gēn tā yī yàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 二世.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 二世.

Directly before

保禄二世1
伊莉莎白二世1

Directly after

二世是1
二世女王1

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 二世

What does 二世 mean in Chinese?

二世 (èrshì) means the Second (of numbered kings).

How do you pronounce 二世?

二世 is pronounced èrshì.

Is 二世 an HSK word?

二世 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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