粵

世sai3間gaan1

simp世间
sai3 gaan1shì jiān

English

  1. world
  2. in this world
  3. earth

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人世間;世界上;天下間

Examples

  • 世間始終你好

    in the world you are the best after all

  • 鬼神是人世間的執念。

    Ghosts and gods are the obsessions of the human world.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 你看似對這世間已了無牽掛。

    You look as if you don't have a care in the world.

    Tatoeba · Rebeca CC BY

  • 世间没有一种具有真正价值的东西,可以不 经过艰苦辛勤的劳动而能够得到的。

    Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.

    Tatoeba · Objectivesea CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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