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)

Contained in

• 不碍事(不礙事) no bother; no problem; unimportant
• 万事(萬事) myriad affairs; everything; many things
• 事关(事關) to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for
• 事由 main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose
• 鸟事(鳥事) damn thing; (not one's) goddamn business
• 有事 to be occupied with something; to have something on one's mind; there is something the matter
• 军事体育(軍事體育) military sports; military fitness (curriculum etc)
• 于事无济(於事無濟) of no use
• 家事 family matters; domestic affairs; housework ; furniture ; family assets
• 事务律师(事務律師) solicitor (law)
• 打击军事力量(打擊軍事力量) counterforce
• 恶事传千里(惡事傳千里) evil deeds spread a thousand miles; scandal spreads like wildfire
• 懂事 sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
• 任事 appointment to an important post
• 咄咄怪事 strange; absurd; paradoxical; extraordinary
• 事宜 arrangements
• 琐事(瑣事) a trifle
• 谋事(謀事) to plan matters; to look for a job
• 万事通(萬事通) jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all
• 盛事 grand occasion
• 国际海事组织(國際海事組織) International Maritime Organization
• 于事无补(於事無補) of no use
• 月事 menses; menstruation; a woman's periods
• 事界 event horizon
• 清官难断家务事(清官難斷家務事) even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute
• 天下事 everything under heaven
• 例行公事 routine business; usual practice; mere formality
• 受事 to receive a task
• 某事 something; a certain matter
• 不事 to not do ; to not attend to
• 重提旧事(重提舊事) to raise the same old topic again; to hark back
• 事后诸葛亮(事後諸葛亮) a genius in retrospect; hindsight is 20-20
• 事后(事後) after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
• 怕事 timid; to be afraid of getting involved; to be afraid of getting into trouble
• 说是一回事，做又是另外一回事(說是一回事，做又是另外一回事) Saying is one thing, doing quite another
• 戎事倥偬(戎事倥傯) a time of military urgency; war crisis
• 多一事不如少一事 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble; the less complications the better
• 工欲善其事，必先利其器 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools . Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
• 和事佬 peacemaker; mediator; (derog.) fixer
• 误事(誤事) to hold things up; to make a botch of things
• 明达事理(明達事理) reasonable; sensible
• 事发地点(事發地點) the scene of the incident
• 百科事典 encyclopedia
• 乐事(樂事) pleasure
• 理事 member of a council
• 总领事馆(總領事館) Consulate General
• 往事 past events
• 乱事(亂事) chaos; rebellion

Also contained in

七七事变 、 一二八事变 、 近事男

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• 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: 306
• 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: 156
• 卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 144
• 卷27　志第22 百官中 Volume 27 Treatises 22: Government Offices 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 132
• 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

Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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: 9
• 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
• 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: 3
• 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
• 祀事 (祀事) 祀事孔明 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧楚茨 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Chhu Ci — count: 2
• 讲事 (講事) 故講事以度軌量謂之軌 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
• 厥事 (厥事) 正厥事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 高宗肜日 Shang Shu - Day of the Supplementary Sacrifice to Gao — count: 2