事 shì

  1. 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)
  2. shì verb to serve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shì' v 3; NCCED '事' 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
  3. shì noun a government post
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事宦.
  4. 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)
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. shì verb to attend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 侍奉 (Guoyu '事' v 1)
  9. 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).
  10. 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)
  11. 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).
  12. shì verb to enslave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 插入 (Guoyu '事' v 3)
  13. shì verb to pursue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 奉行.
  14. shì verb to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 办理.
  15. 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)
  16. 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)

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华北事变 、 韵事 、 柳条湖事件 、 中央军事委员会 、 常务理事 、 童话故事 、 一段事 、 卢沟桥事变 、 大宋宣和遗事

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