全世界
quánshìjiè
the whole world
Characters in this word
世 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
界 jiè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 全世界都知道。 Quán shì jiè dōu zhī dào. Everyone in the world knows.
- 我想看全世界。 Wǒ xiǎng kàn quán shì jiè. I want to see the whole world.
- 全世界很大。 Quán shì jiè hěn dà. The whole world is big.
Related words
- 安全 ānquán safe; safety
- 全 quán all; whole
- 全部 quánbù all; completely
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 全家 quánjiā the whole family
- 全年 quánnián the whole year
- 全身 quánshēn whole body
- 全体 quántǐ all; everyone present
- 完全 wánquán completely
- 全场 quánchǎng the whole audience
- 全面 quánmiàn complete; all-around
- 全球 quánqiú the whole world; global