一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 完 wán to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire syn 全 quán all / whole / entire / every / complete syn 整个 整個 zhěng gè whole / entire / total syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 全体 全體 quán tǐ all / entire syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn 下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) syn 通通 tōng tōng all / entire / complete syn 总体 總體 zǒng tǐ completely / totally / total / entire / overall / population (statistics) syn 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 整套 zhěng tào entire set syn 全家福 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery) syn 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 全套 quán tào an entire set / full complement syn 全数 全數 quán shù the entire sum / the whole amount syn 新大陆 新大陸 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia syn 举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn 全书 全書 quán shū entire book / unabridged book 大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn 前因后果 前因後果 qián yīn hòu guǒ cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development syn 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 统筹 統籌 tǒng chóu an overall plan / to plan an entire project as a whole syn 合家 hé jiā whole family / entire household syn 举国上下 舉國上下 jǔ guó shàng xià the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file syn 全文 quán wén entire text / full text syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 悉数 悉數 xī shù all / every single one / the entire sum syn 通体 通體 tōng tǐ (of sb or sth) whole or entire body syn 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first 承揽 承攬 chéng lǎn to contract for an entire project syn 整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc) 世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha) 举国 舉國 jǔ guó the entire country syn 俗世 sú shì the mundane world / the world of mortals 灭门 滅門 miè mén to exterminate an entire family 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals 灭族 滅族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) syn 人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn 人寰 rén huán world / earthly world 弥天 彌天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) 浊世 濁世 zhuó shì the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) syn 浑 渾 hún muddy / turbid / brainless / foolish / (bound form) simple / natural / (bound form) whole / entire / all over syn 世界 shì jiè world / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn 全球 quán qiú the whole world / worldwide / global syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 环球 環球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn 外界 wài jiè the outside world / external syn 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn 世间 世間 shì jiān world / earth syn 二战 二戰 èr zhàn World War II 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 世道 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time syn 第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World syn 世贸 世貿 shì mào World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 世界杯 shì jiè bēi World Cup 世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn 自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 阴间 陰間 yīn jiān the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable syn 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world / a faraway place syn 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 市面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) syn 尘世 塵世 chén shì (religion) this mortal life / the mundane world syn 天长地久 天長地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal syn 四海 sì hǎi (fig.) the whole world syn 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world 万事大吉 萬事大吉 wàn shì dà jí everything is fine (idiom) / all is well with the world syn 发迹 發跡 fā jì to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune syn 惊天动地 驚天動地 jīng tiān dòng dì world-shaking (idiom) syn 一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity syn 戴高乐 戴高樂 dài gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 人世间 人世間 rén shì jiān the secular world syn 天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 