全世界 (quán shì jiè) — the whole world, all over the world
Definition
noun
the whole worldall over the world
Examples
- 全世界。quán shì jiè Dōu zài guān zhù zhè cì yì qíng.The whole world is paying attention to this epidemic.
- 全世界。Tā de yīn yuè zài quán shì jiè dōu hěn shòu huān yíng.His music is very popular all over the world.
- 全世界。quán shì jiè Yǒu chāo guò qī shí yì rén kǒu.There are over seven billion people in the world.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
全 gives whole and 世界 gives the world, so the word means the whole world.
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