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世人

shì rén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

世人 (shì rén) means "people (in general); people around the world; everyone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 世人 means

1. people (in general); people around the world; everyone

The characters in 世人

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 人rénperson; people

Sounds the same

Read shì rén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 士人scholar
• 适人(said of a woman) to marry (old)

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