"World" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 世界 | shì jiè | world / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 全球 | quán qiú | entire / total / global / the (whole) world / worldwide | |
| 天地 | tiān dì | heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity | |
| 世界上 | shì jiè shàng | (of the) world | |
| 世间 | shì jiān | world / earth | |
| 人世 | rén shì | the world / this world / the world of the living | |
| 五洲 | wǔ zhōu | five continents / the world | |
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | |
| 江湖 | Jiāng hú | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld | |
| 人间 | rén jiān | the human world / the earth | |
| 世界杯 | Shì jiè bēi | World Cup | |
| 人事 | rén shì | personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life | |
| 商场 |  shāng chǎng | shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world | |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide / entire world | |
| 时空 | shí kōng | time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time | |
| 环球 | huán qiú | around the world / worldwide | |
| 天涯 | tiān yá | the other end of the world / a faraway place | |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world / external | |
| 魔兽世界 | Mó shòu Shì jiè | World of Warcraft (video game) | |
| 改革开放 | gǎi gé kāi fàng | to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 | |
| 世人 | shì rén | people (in general) / people around the world / everyone | |
| 下方 | xià fāng | underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) | |
| 世界各地 | shì jiè gè dì | all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world | |
| 红尘 | hóng chén | the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs | |
| 世贸 | Shì mào | World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 | |
| 二战 | Er4 zhàn | World War II | |
| 顶尖 | dǐng jiān | peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) | |
| 乐坛 | yuè tán | music circles / music world | |
| 一世 | yī shì | generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) | |
| 乱世 | luàn shì | the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world | |
| 世界大战 | shì jiè dà zhàn | world war | |
| 世界经济 | shì jiè jīng jì | global economy / world economy | |
| 世事 | shì shì | affairs of life / things of the world | |
| 懂事 | dǒng shì | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent | |
| 体坛 | tǐ tán | sporting circles / the world of sport | |
| 世界第一 | shì jiè dì yī | ranked number one in the world / the world's first | |
| 自然界 | zì rán jiè | nature / the natural world | |
| 世界观 | shì jiè guān | worldview / world outlook / Weltanschauung | |
| 商界 | shāng jiè | business world / business community | |
| 足坛 | zú tán | soccer circles / soccer world | |
| 人世间 | rén shì jiān | the secular world | |
| 世锦赛 | shì jǐn sài | world championship | |
| 尘世 | chén shì | this mortal life / the mundane world | |
| 天长地久 | tiān cháng dì jiǔ | enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal | |
| 海阔天空 | hǎi kuò tiān kōng | wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun | |
| 世界贸易 | shì jiè mào yì | world trade / global trade | |
| 仙界 | xiān jiè | world of the immortals / fairyland / cloud nine | |
| 冥界 | míng jiè | ghost world | |
| 影坛 | yǐng tán | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 第二次世界大战 | Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War II | |
| 世道 | shì dào | the ways of the world / the morals of the time | |
| 世界纪录 | shì jiè jì lù | world record | |
| 内心世界 | nèi xīn shì jiè | (one's) inner world | |
| 闯荡 | chuǎng dàng | to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success | |
| 凡间 | fán jiān | the secular world | |
| 市面 | shì miàn | the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) | |
| 学界 | xué jiè | academic world / academic circles / academia | |
| 世界卫生组织 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī | World Health Organization (WHO) | |
| 下凡 | xià fán | to descend to the world (of immortals) | |
| 世界银行 | Shì jiè Yín háng | World Bank | |
| 世界和平 | shì jiè hé píng | world peace | |
| 不可一世 | bù kě yī shì | to consider oneself unexcelled in the world / to be insufferably arrogant | |
| 世博会 | Shì bó huì | World Exposition / abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo | |
| 世界贸易组织 | Shì jiè Mào yì Zǔ zhī | World Trade Organization (WTO) | |
| 金融界 | jīn róng jiè | banking circles / the world of finance | |
| 世界知名 | shì jiè zhī míng | world famous | |
| 世面 | shì miàn | the wider world / diverse aspects of society | |
| 举世 | jǔ shì | throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) | |
| 新大陆 | xīn dà lù | the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia | |
| 教育界 | jiào yù jiè | academic world / academic circles / academia | |
| 世尊 | shì zūn | World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha) | |
| 环游 | huán yóu | to travel around (the world, a country etc) | |
| 冰天雪地 | bīng tiān xuě dì | a world of ice and snow | |
| 天壤之别 | tiān rǎng zhī bié | lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from | |
| 文苑 | wén yuàn | the literary world | |
| 看破 | kàn pò | to see through / disillusioned with / to reject (the world of mortals) | |
| 大千世界 | dà qiān shì jiè | great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) | |
| 世故 | shì gù | the ways of the world | |
| 一鸣惊人 | yī míng jīng rén | to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity | |
| 阴间 | yīn jiān | the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable | |
| 世卫 | Shì wèi | World Health Organization (WHO) / abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1] | |
| 世博 | Shì bó | abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo | |
| 俗世 | sú shì | the vulgar world (Buddhist concept) / secular world | |
| 第三世界 | dì sān shì jiè | Third World | |
| 打天下 | dǎ tiān xià | to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself | |
| 天旋地转 | tiān xuán dì zhuàn | the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world | |
| 第一次世界大战 | Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War One | |
| 世情 | shì qíng | worldly affairs / the ways of the world | |
| 世行 | Shì háng | World Bank / abbr. for 世界銀行|世界银行[Shi4 jie4 Yin2 hang2] | |
| 纳尼亚 | Nà ní yà | Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis | |
| 沧海桑田 | cāng hǎi sāng tián | lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world | |
| 电影界 | diàn yǐng jiè | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 叱咤风云 | chì zhà fēng yún | lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful | |
| 海内 | hǎi nèi | the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun | |
| 发迹 | fā jì | to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune | |
| 世界文化遗产 | Shì jiè Wén huà Yí chǎn | (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage | |
| 外间 | wài jiān | outer room / the external world / outside | |
| 举世无双 | jǔ shì wú shuāng | unrivaled (idiom) / world number one / unique / unequaled | |
| 老江湖 | lǎo jiāng hú | a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world | |
| 科学界 | kē xué jiè | world of science / scientific circles | |
