| 佐世保 | Zuǒ shì bǎo | Sasebo, city and naval port in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan |
| 佳世客 | Jiā shì kè | JUSCO, Japanese chain of hypermarkets |
| 俗世 | sú shì | the vulgar world (Buddhist concept); secular world |
| 俗世奇人 | sú shì qí rén | Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 冯骥才 |
| 入世 | rù shì | to join the WTO; to enter the world |
全世界无产者联合 起来 | quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai | Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!; Workers of the world, unite! |
| 全世界第一 | quán shì jiè dì yī | world's first |
| 全新世 | Quán xīn shì | Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age) |
| 公诸于世 | gōng zhū yú shì | to announce to the world (idiom); to publicize; known to all; to let everyone know one's position |
| 凡世通公司 | fán shì tōng gōng sī | Firestone tire company |
| 前世姻缘 | qián shì yīn yuán | a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) |
| 创世 | chuàng shì | the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2); the first foundational steps |
| 创世纪 | chuàng shì jì | creation myth |
| 创世记 | Chuàng shì jì | Book of Genesis; First Book of Moses |
| 创世论 | chuàng shì lùn | creationism (religion) |
| 半世纪 | bàn shì jì | half century |
| 半个世纪 | bàn ge shì jì | half a century |
| 协调世界时 | xié tiáo shì jiè shí | Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
| 厌世 | yàn shì | world-weary; pessimistic |
| 古新世 | Gǔ xīn shì | Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago) |
同一个世界, 同一个梦想 | tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng | One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games |
| 周游世界 | zhōu yóu shì jiè | to travel around the world |
| 哈拉尔五世 | Hā lā ěr Wǔ shì | Harald V of Norway |
| 乔治一世 | Qiáo zhì Yī shì | George I of Great Brittain |
| 四世同堂 | sì shì tóng táng | four generations under one roof (idiom); Four Generations under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍 |
| 太平盛世 | tài píng shèng shì | peace and prosperity (idiom) |
| 始新世 | Shǐ xīn shì | Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) |
| 季世 | jì shì | final phase; end of a historical era |
| 宏观世界 | hóng guān shì jiè | macrocosm; the world in the large |
| 客观世界 | kè guān shì jiè | the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation) |
| 家世寒微 | jiā shì hán wēi | to be of humble origin (idiom) |
| 属世 | shǔ shì | of this world |
| 康乾盛世 | kāng qián shèng shì | booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) |
| 恍如隔世 | huǎng rú gé shì | like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago |
| 悲惨世界 | Bēi cǎn shì jiè | Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 维克多・雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3] |
| 愤世嫉俗 | fèn shì jí sú | to be cynical; to be embittered |
| 怀宝遁世 | huái bǎo dùn shì | to hide one’s light under a bushel (idiom) |
| 悬壶济世 | xuán hú jì shì | practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public |
| 戴名世 | Dài Míng shì | Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer |
| 才华盖世 | cái huá gài shì | peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit |
| 故世 | gù shì | to die; to pass away |
| 救世 | jiù shì | salvation |
| 救世主 | jiù shì zhǔ | the Savior (in Christianity) |
| 救世军 | jiù shì jūn | Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865) |
| 新世界 | xīn shì jiè | New World |
| 新世纪 | xīn shì jì | 21st century; New Century (commonly used name) |
| 施华洛世奇水晶 | Shī huá luò shì qí shuǐ jīng | Swarovski crystal |
| 晚世 | wǎn shì | nowadays |
| 普世 | pǔ shì | ecumenical; universal |
| 普世基督教 | pǔ shì Jī dū jiào | ecumenical |