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事
shì
1.
matter
2.
thing
3.
item
4.
work
5.
affair
6.
CL:[[件<jiàn>]], [[樁|桩<zhuāng>]]
Very Common • Top 0%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
七事
qīshì
the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice [[祭祀]], giving audience [[朝覲|朝觐]], administering jointly [[會同|会同]], receiving guests [[賓客|宾客]], running army [[軍旅|军旅]], attending to farm work [[田役]], mourning ceremonial [[喪荒|丧荒]]
世事
shìshì
affairs of life
了事
liǎoshì
to dispose of a matter
事事
shìshì
everything
事件
shìjiàn
event
事例
shìlì
example
事假
shìjià
leave of absence
事先
shìxiān
in advance
事儿
shìr
one's employment
事典
shìdiǎn
encyclopedia
事前
shìqián
in advance
事务
shìwù
(political, economic etc) affairs
事势
shìshì
state of affairs
事奉
shìfèng
to serve
事宜
shìyí
matters
事实
shìshí
fact
事后
shìhòu
after the event
事情
shìqing
affair
事态
shìtài
situation
事故
shìgù
accident
Example Sentences (4)
现在我每天起床后的第一件事就是打开电脑，看电子邮件。
Xiànzài wǒ měitiān qǐchuáng hòu de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì dǎkāi diànnǎo,kàn diànzǐ yóujiàn.
Now the first thing I do after getting up every day is turn on the computer and read email.
Text 4
是啊，一边喝咖啡一边说了些过去的事。
Shì a, yībiān hē kāfēi yībiān shuō le xiē guòqù de shì.
Yeah, we talked about some things from the past while drinking coffee.
Text 2
老年人说：浪漫其实就像歌中唱的那样，“我能想到最浪漫的事，就是和你一起慢慢变老。”
Lǎo nián rén shuō: làng màn qí shí jiù xiàng gē zhōng chàng de nà yàng,"wǒ néng xiǎng dào zuì làng màn de shì, jiù shì hé nǐ yì qǐ màn màn biàn lǎo."
Elderly people say: Romance is actually just like the song says, 'The most romantic thing I can think of is to slowly grow old with you.'
Text 4
你回来得这么晚，是说了很多过去的事吗？
Nǐ huílai de zhème wǎn, shì shuō le hěn duō guòqù de shì ma?
You came back so late; did you talk a lot about the past?
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 57
- Word Frequency Rank
- 45 of 84,292