| 1 | 世界 | 世界 | shì jiè | shi4 jie4 | world; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 世纪 | 世紀 | shì jì | shi4 ji4 | century; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 世界观 | 世界觀 | shì jiè guān | shi4 jie4 guan1 | worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung | | |
| 4 | 全世界 | 全世界 | quán shì jiè | quan2 shi4 jie4 | worldwide; entire world | | |
| 5 | 世纪末 | 世紀末 | shì jì mò | shi4 ji4 mo4 | end of the century | | |
| 6 | 袁世凯 | 袁世凱 | yuán shì kǎi | Yuan2 Shi4 kai3 | Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China | | |
| 7 | 世 | 世 | shì | Shi4 | life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble; surname Shi | | |
| 8 | 第二次世界大战 | 第二次世界大戰 | dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn | Di4 er4 Ci4 Shi4 jie4 Da4 zhan4 | World War II | | |
| 9 | 客观世界 | 客觀世界 | kè guān shì jiè | ke4 guan1 shi4 jie4 | the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation) | | |
| 10 | 中世纪 | 中世紀 | zhōng shì jì | zhong1 shi4 ji4 | medieval; Middle Ages | | |
| 11 | 去世 | 去世 | qù shì | qu4 shi4 | to pass away; to die | | |
| 12 | 问世 | 問世 | wèn shì | wen4 shi4 | to be published; to come out | | |
| 13 | 后世 | 後世 | hòu shì | hou4 shi4 | later generations | | |
| 14 | 世上 | 世上 | shì shàng | shi4 shang4 | on earth | | |
| 15 | 世俗 | 世俗 | shì sú | shi4 su2 | profane; secular; worldly | | |
| 16 | 世代 | 世代 | shì dài | shi4 dai4 | for many generations; generation; era; age | | |
| 17 | 出世 | 出世 | chū shì | chu1 shi4 | to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs | | |
| 18 | 世间 | 世間 | shì jiān | shi4 jian1 | world; earth | | |
| 19 | 第一次世界大战 | 第一次世界大戰 | dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn | Di4 yi1 ci4 Shi4 jie4 Da4 zhan4 | World War One | | |
| 20 | 世袭 | 世襲 | shì xí | shi4 xi2 | succession; inheritance; hereditary | | |
| 21 | 第三世界 | 第三世界 | dì sān shì jiè | di4 san1 shi4 jie4 | Third World | | |
| 22 | 世人 | 世人 | shì rén | shi4 ren2 | people (in general); people around the world; everyone | | |
| 23 | 内心世界 | 內心世界 | nèi xīn shì jiè | nei4 xin1 shi4 jie4 | (one's) inner world | | |
| 24 | 一世 | 一世 | yī shì | yi1 shi4 | generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) | | |
| 25 | 世界大战 | 世界大戰 | shì jiè dà zhàn | shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4 | world war | | |