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.

世界world
shìera/worldjièboundary/world
联合Coordinate

全 gives whole and 世界 gives the world, so the word means the whole world.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
jièjiè
Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

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