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世人 (shì rén): People / the public (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

世人 consists of 2 characters.

generation, world, era

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Pinyinshì rén

Meaningpeople / the public

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word世人

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 世人.

Words with 世

世界shì jièHSK 3
世纪shì jìHSK 4
去世qù shìHSK 5
世代shì dàiHSK 6
逝世shì shìHSK 6
问世wèn shìHSK 6
举世瞩目jǔ shì zhǔ mùHSK 6
世故shì guHSK 7-9

Words with 人

家人jiā rénHSK 1
别人bié renHSK 3
名人míng rénHSK 3
大人dà renHSK 3
女人nǚ rénHSK 3
客人kè rénHSK 3
爱人ài renHSK 3
男人

nán rén

HSK 3

3.

How to Use 世人 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 世人 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

zhèn震

jīng惊

shì世

rén人

neutral

shock the world

yú愚

nòng弄

shì世

rén人

formalWritten

Subject + Verb

shì世

rén人

zhǔ瞩

mù目

formalWritten

4.

Example Sentences with 世人

shì世

rén人

xǐ喜

huān欢

měi美

lì丽

de的

deceive the public

attract worldwide attention

shì世

rén人

jiē皆

zhī知

formalWritten

known to all

huā花

。

People in the world like beautiful flowers.

shì世

rén人

wǎng往

wǎng往

zhī只

kàn看

dào到

chéng成

gōng功

de的

guāng光

huán环

，

què却

hū忽

lüè略

le了

bèi背

hòu后

de的

jiān艰

xīn辛

。

The public often only sees the halo of success, but overlooks the hardships behind it.

shì世

rén人

zhēn真

de的

lǐ理

jiě解

zhè这

wèi位

yì艺

shù术

jiā家

de的

gū孤

dú独

yǔ与

jiān坚

chí持

ma吗

？

Does the public truly understand this artist's loneliness and perseverance?

shì世

rén人

cháng常

shuō说

，

shí时

jiān间

jiù就

shì是

jīn金

qián钱

。

People often say that time is money.

shì世

rén人

bìng并

fēi非

dōu都

rèn认

tóng同

zhè这

zhǒng种

jī激

jìn进

de的

shè社

huì会

gǎi改

gé革

fāng方

àn案

。

Not everyone in the public agrees with this radical social reform plan.

shì世

rén人

jīng惊

tàn叹

yú于

tā他

de的

fā发

míng明

，

què却

bù不

zhī知

tā他

wèi为

cǐ此

fù付

chū出

le了

duō多

shǎo少

xīn心

xuè血

。

The world marvels at his invention, unaware of how much effort he has devoted to it.

shì世

rén人

jiē皆

zhī知

，

jiàn健

kāng康

shì是

zuì最

zhòng重

yào要

de的

cái财

fù富

。

It is known to all that health is the most important wealth.

shì世

rén人

zǒng总

zài在

yì议

lùn论

fēn纷

fēn纷

，

dàn但

zhēn真

xiàng相

wǎng往

wǎng往

bèi被

yǎn掩

gài盖

zài在

biǎo表

xiàng象

zhī之

xià下

。

People are always gossiping, but the truth is often concealed beneath the surface.