world in Chinese

How to write 世界

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世界 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 3. An intermediate band: enough vocabulary for everyday conversation and travel.

世界 in a sentence

• 世shì界jiè这zhè么me大dà，我wǒ想xiǎng去qù看kàn看kàn。

  The world is so big, I want to see it.

• 世shì界jiè上shàng有yǒu很hěn多duō人rén。

  There are many people in the world.

• 我wǒ们men都dōu希xī望wàng世shì界jiè和hé平píng。

  We all hope for world peace.

• 这zhè是shì一yī个gè美měi丽lì的de世shì界jiè。

  This is a beautiful world.

世界 vs 地球 vs 天下

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 地球 dì qiú the Earth

  Planet vs human world: 环游世界 'travel the world' (people and places); 地球 is the globe itself.

• 天下 tiān xià all under heaven

  Traditional, literary 'the world; the realm' — 天下大事 'world affairs'; historically also 'the whole country'.