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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)
同事
tóngshì
colleague
执事
zhíshi
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
利事
lìshì
lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written [[利是<lìshì>]]
吉事
jíshì
auspicious event
丧事
sāngshì
funeral arrangements
执事
zhíshì
to perform one's job
人事
rénshì
personnel
刑事
xíngshì
criminal
受事
shòushì
object (of a transitive verb)
事项
shìxiàng
matter
任事
rènshì
appointment to an important post
喜事
xǐshì
happy occasion
回事
huíshì
(old) to report to one's master
国事
guóshì
affairs of the nation
事业
shìyè
undertaking
事由
shìyóu
main content
出事
chūshì
to have an accident
事物
shìwù
thing
事体
shìtǐ
things
前事
qiánshì
past events
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