事 shì
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shì
noun
matter; thing; item
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 等 has a similar meaning to 事情 (ABC 'shì' n 1; Giles 1892 'shih'; Guoyu '事' n 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 1, p. 415; NCCED '事' 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 27) -
shì
verb
to serve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'shì' v 3; NCCED '事' 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 27) -
shì
noun
a government post
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事宦. -
shì
noun
duty; post; work
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事务 (ABC 'shì' n 3; Guoyu '事' n 1; Kroll 2015 '事' 3, p. 415; NCCED '事' 6; Rouzer 2007, p. 27) -
shì
noun
occupation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 职业 (ABC 'shì' n 3; NCCED '事' 2). -
shì
noun
cause; undertaking; enterprise; achievment
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事业 (ABC 'shì' n 4). -
shì
noun
an accident
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事故 or 变故 (ABC 'shì' n 2; Guoyu '事' n 3; NCCED '事' 3). -
shì
verb
to attend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 侍奉 (Guoyu '事' v 1) -
shì
noun
an allusion
Domain: Literature 文学
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 典故 (Kroll 2015 '事' 4, p. 415). -
shì
noun
a condition; a state; a situation
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 情况. For example, For example, 实事求是 'to handle matters according to the actual situation' (CCI '实事求是'; Rouzer 2007, p. 27) -
shì
verb
to engage in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 从事 (ABC 'shì' v 2; Guoyu '事' v 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 2, p. 415; NCCED '事' 5). -
shì
verb
to enslave
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 插入 (Guoyu '事' v 3) -
shì
verb
to pursue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 奉行. -
shì
verb
to administer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 办理. -
shì
verb
to appoint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 任用 (Kroll 2015 '事' 3a, p. 415) -
shì
measure word
a piece
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 件 (Kroll 2015 '事' 6, p. 415)
Contained in
- 丧事(喪事) funeral arrangements
- 幸事 something fortunate; a lucky chance
- 屁事 (vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business
- 谋事(謀事) to plan matters; to look for a job
- 少女露笑脸,婚事半成全(少女露笑臉,婚事半成全) When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done.
- 征求启事(徵求啟事) a notice to for people to register
- 亚罗号事件(亞羅號事件) the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)
- 机密大事(機密大事) a confidential matter
- 戎事 military affairs
- 闲来无事(閒來無事) at leisure; idle; to have nothing to do
- 凭本能做事(憑本能做事) to follow one's nose
- 烦心事(煩心事) trouble; worry
- 无论何事(無論何事) anything; whatever
- 事实上(事實上) in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact
- 举事(舉事) to rise in revolt ; to handle a matter
- 多一事不如少一事 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble; the less complications the better
- 息事宁人(息事寧人) to keep the peace/ to patch up a quarrel
- 待办事项列表(待辦事項列表) to-do list
- 祸事(禍事) disaster; doom
- 人事不知 to have lost consciousness
- 公众事业(公眾事業) the public sector
- 事与愿违(事與願違) for a matter to turn out the opposite to way desired
- 百事 regular affairs ; Pepsi
- 事关(事關) to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for
- 同事 colleague; co-worker ; the same thing ; to do together
- 比肩而事 to work together shoulder-to-shoulder
- 蹀躞七事 a belt with seven ribbons representing the seven duties of a sovereign
- 佛事 a Buddha ceremony; a Buddhist ritual
- 刑事案件 a criminal case
- 往事已矣 the past is dead
- 当事国(當事國) the countries involved
- 共事 to work together
- 世上无难事,只怕有心人(世上無難事,只怕有心人) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish; persistence will overcome
- 国际海事组织(國際海事組織) International Maritime Organization
- 年事已高 old in years
- 咄咄怪事 strange; absurd; paradoxical; extraordinary
- 事到今日 under the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
- 费事(費事) troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do
- 缉事(緝事) a detective
- 区区小事(區區小事) trivial matter; trifle
- 事怕行家 an expert always produces the best work
- 公共事业(公共事業) public utility; state-run enterprise; public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
Also contained in
西安事变 、 公事 、 万事得 、 万事达 、 水门事件 、 参知政事 、 本事诗 、 中国海事局 、 给事
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 333
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 292
- 卷二百十四 表第五 宰輔五 Volume 214 Tables 5: Chancellors 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 284
- 卷六十三 表第三 宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 184
- 卷五十七 志第三十八: 百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 175
- 卷二百十一 表第二 宰輔二 Volume 211 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 161
- 卷二百一十 表第一 宰輔一 Volume 210 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 158
- 卷27 志第22 百官中 Volume 27 Treatises 22: Government Offices 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 135
- 卷四十九下 志第三十九下 百官四下 Volume 49b Treatises 45: Official Posts 4b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 125
- 卷二十上 本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 125
Collocations
- 王事 (王事) 王事適我 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧北門 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bei Men — count: 19
- 御事 (禦事) 越我御事庶士 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 19
- 事君 (事君) 何以事君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 15
- 事靡 (事靡) 王事靡盬 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧鴇羽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Bao Yu — count: 12
- 事神 (事神) 事神則難 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — count: 4
- 昭事 (昭事) 昭事上帝 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 3
- 承事 (承事) 皆可以承事王者也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧簡兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jian Xi — count: 3
- 不能事 (不能事) 不能事鬼神 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 3
- 六事 (六事) 六事之人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹誓(伪) Xia Shu - Yu Shi (forged) — count: 3
- 父事 (父事) 子弗祗服厥父事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2