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Pinyin shì

Radical

亅

Strokes

Definition

matter / thing / item / work / affair

Usage

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启事 qǐ shì

announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice

咄咄怪事 duō duō guài shì

strange / absurd / paradoxical / extraordinary

叙事诗 xù shì shī

narrative poem

叙事 xù shì

narrative

叙事性 xù shì xìng

narrativity

叙事曲 xù shì qū

ballade

叙事文 xù shì wén

narration / narrative prose

善事 shàn shì

good deeds

喜事 xǐ shì

happy occasion / wedding

回事 huí shì

(old) to report to one's master

坏事 huài shì

bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things

好事 hǎo shì

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

婚事 hūn shì

wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1]

事宜 shì yí

matters / arrangements

事不宜迟 shì bù yí chí

the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose

屁事 pì shì

(vulgar) trifling matter / mere trifle / goddamn thing / goddamn business

事无巨细 shì wú jù xì

lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance

事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ

a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)

年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo

old in years

军事法庭 jūn shì fǎ tíng

court-martial / military tribunal

往事 wǎng shì

past events / former happenings

防御工事 fáng yù gōng shì

fortification / defensive structure

办事处 bàn shì chù

office / agency

事务所 shì wù suǒ

office / firm

刑事 xíng shì

criminal / penal

刑事诉讼法 xíng shì sù sòng fǎ

criminal procedure

事态 shì tài

situation / existing state of affairs

胆小怕事 dǎn xiǎo pà shì

timid and overcautious

怕事 pà shì

timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble

怪事 guài shì

strange thing / curious occurrence

恨事 hèn shì

a matter for regret or resentment

惹事 rě shì

to cause trouble

惹事生非 rě shì shēng fēi

variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]

憾事 hàn shì

a matter for regret / sth that is a (great) pity

懂事 dǒng shì

sensible / thoughtful / intelligent

或事物 huò shì wù

Or things

执事 zhí shì

to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon

找事 zhǎo shì

to look for employment / to pick a quarrel

没事找事 méi shì zhǎo shì

ask for trouble / ask for it

凡事 fán shì

everything

故事片 gù shi piàn

fictional film / feature film

敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì

to skimp / to work half-heartedly / not to bother

既成事实 jì chéng shì shí

fait accompli

旧事 jiù shì

old affair / former matter

某事 mǒu shì

something / a certain matter

小事一桩 xiǎo shì yī zhuāng

trivial matter / a piece of cake

做事 zuò shì

to work / to handle matters / to have a job

傻事 shǎ shì

stupid thing / silly thing / foolish thing / hooey

万事俱备 wàn shì jù bèi

Everything is ready. / complete with everything needed / Everything has been arranged. / Everything was got ready.

事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi

half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine

无事不登三宝殿 wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn

lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom) / fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth) / having a hidden agenda

实事求是 shí shì qiú shì

to seek truth from facts (idiom) / to be practical and realistic

没事 méi shì

it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

滋事 zī shì

to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute

炊事员 chuī shì yuán

cook / kitchen worker

炊事 chuī shì

cooking

炊事班 chuī shì bān

cooking team

炊事班长 chuī shì bān zhǎng

Cooking squad leader

何事 hé shì

what

事例 shì lì

example / exemplar / typical case

企事业 qǐ shì yè

Enterprise

麻烦事 má fán shì

disagreeables / a troublesome business

煞有其事 shà yǒu qí shì

see 煞有介事[sha4 you3 jie4 shi4]

琐事 suǒ shì

trifle

监事会 jiān shì huì

board of supervisors / board of visitors

监事 jiān shì

Supervisor

盛事 shèng shì

grand occasion

两码事 liǎng mǎ shì

two quite different things / another kettle of fish

碍事 ài shì

(usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter / to be in the way / to be a hindrance

祸事 huò shì

disaster / doom

私事 sī shì

personal matters

煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì

to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously

干事 gàn shi

administrator / executive secretary

事情 shì qing

affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

故事 gù shì

old practice / CL:個|个[ge4]

从事 cóng shì

to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do

事件 shì jiàn

event / happening / incident / CL:個|个[ge4]

事务 shì wù

(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)

事实 shì shí

fact / CL:個|个[ge4]

大事 dà shì

major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

此事 cǐ shì

This matter

事物 shì wù

thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4]

事项 shì xiàng

matter / item

事实上 shì shí shàng

in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto

办事 bàn shì

to handle (affairs) / to work

董事会 dǒng shì huì

board of directors

同事 tóng shì

colleague / co-worker / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

事儿 shì r

one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

议事 yì shì

to discuss official business

事先 shì xiān

in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior

事故 shì gù

accident / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]

亏心事 kuī xīn shì

shameful deed

稍事 shāo shì

A little

有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng

a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

记事簿 jì shì bù

a memo book (recording events)

纪事 jì shì

record event

给事中 gěi shì zhōng

In the process

肇事 zhào shì

to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance

肇事者 zhào shì zhě

offender / culprit

丧事 sāng shì

funeral arrangements

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