事 shì — matter; affair; thing
事
Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #1038
shì shi4
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Detailed explanation
noun
- (形声。从史,之省声。史,掌管文书记录。甲骨文中与“吏”同字。本义:官职)
- government post e.g 事宦
- post;duty;powers of office e.g 事分
- occupation
- matter;thing;business;affair;job;work e.g 事机 事不过三 · 事头 · 事因 · 事苗 · 事有分定 · 事在呼吸 · 事序。亦指天子、诸侯的国家大事,如祭祀、盟会、兵戎等
- achievements e.g 事绩 · 事济
- accident e.g 事款则圆
- intercourse e.g 房事不宜多
- allusion
- condition;state e.g 事色
verb
measure word
- piece
Related words
- 事情 matter; affair; thing
- 事业 cause; undertaking; career
- 军事 military affairs; military
- 事实 fact; reality
- 事件 incident; event
- 从事 to engage in
- 故事 story; tale
- 大事 major event/major political event (war or change of regime)/major social event (
- 办事 to handle affairs; to work; to attend to business
- 事故 accident; mishap; incident; crash
- 事务 affairs; routine work
- 事物 thing; matter
- 人事 personnel matters; human resources
- 当事人 persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)
- 实事求是 to seek truth from facts; to be realistic and practical
- 事迹 deed; feat; achievement; exploit; story; notable act; life story; record
- 同事 colleague/co-worker
- 刑事 criminal; penal; criminal law
- 实事 fact/actual thing/practical matter
- 董事长 chairman of the board