世纪
shì jì 4–4
century
- Characters
- 2
- 世 · 纪
- Syllables
- 2
- shì jì
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,599
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 世shì5 strokesHSK 3generation; world; era
- 纪jì6 strokesHSK 3 traditional 紀record, annal, historical account
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
一个世纪就是一百年。
Yī gè shì jì jiù shì yī bǎi nián
A century is one hundred years.
一百年叫做一个世纪。
Yī bǎi nián jiào zuò yī gè shì jì
A hundred years is called a century.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 世纪. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 世界shì jièHSK 3
world
- 全世界quán shì jièHSK 5
worldwide; entire world
- 纪念jì niànHSK 3
to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
- 年纪nián jìHSK 3
age
- 去世qù shìHSK 3
to pass away; to die
- 纪录jì lùHSK 3
variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
- 纪律jì lǜHSK 4
discipline
- 世界杯shì jiè bēiHSK 3
World Cup
- 纪念日jì niàn rìHSK 7
day of commemoration; memorial day
- 纪录片jì lù piànHSK 7
newsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
- 世界级shì jiè jíHSK 7
world-class
- 逝世shì shìHSK 7
to pass away; to die
- 纪念碑jì niàn bēiHSK 7
monument
- 纪念馆jì niàn guǎnHSK 7
memorial hall; commemorative museum
- 问世wèn shìHSK 7
to be published; to come out
- 世代shì dàiHSK 7
for many generations; generation; era; age
- 世界观shì jiè guān
worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
- 世故shì guHSK 7
sophisticated; worldly-wise
- 纪实jì shíHSK 7
record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)
- 举世闻名jǔ shì wén míngHSK 7
world-famous (idiom)
- 世袭shì xíHSK 7
succession; inheritance; hereditary
- 举世瞩目jǔ shì zhǔ mùHSK 7
to receive worldwide attention
- 纪要jì yào
minutes; written summary of a meeting
- 举世无双jǔ shì wú shuāngHSK 7
unrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled