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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 世间

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
世间 shì jiān - world
- earth

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,088 8,681 3,993

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- surname Shi
shì- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble
jiān- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
jiàn- gap
- to separate
- to thin out (seedlings)
- to sow discontent

Other Words Containing 世间

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
世间 - - 8,088 8,681 3,993
人世间 - - 26,075 24,311 12,872