世上

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
世上

Noun

世上 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shìshàng)

1. (literary) in all of the world; in the whole world
   • John 1.9

     那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。

     Nà guāng shì zhēn guāng, zhàoliàng yīqiè shēng zaì shìshàng de rén.

     That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

References

• "世上" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-11.