He's the only survivor in the village.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
在世
to be alive
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to be alive
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 在世 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 在世 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
While Caesar was alive the state was safe.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 在世.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 在世.
Directly before
- 唯一在世1
- 凯撒在世1
Directly after
- 在世的1
- 在世之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 在世
What does 在世 mean in Chinese?
在世 (zàishì) means to be alive.
How do you pronounce 在世?
在世 is pronounced zàishì.
Is 在世 an HSK word?
在世 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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