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

• 急事 an emergency
• 心想事成 to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
• 叙事剧(敘事劇) epic theatre
• 军事法庭(軍事法庭) court-martial; military tribunal
• 万事皆休(萬事皆休) put everything on hold
• 横事(橫事) an unfortunate event; an accidental death
• 咄咄怪事 strange; absurd; paradoxical; extraordinary
• 军事援助(軍事援助) military aid
• 事因 a cause; a reason
• 蠢事 folly
• 诸凡百事(諸凡百事) everything
• 肇事者 offender; culprit
• 人事管理 personnel management
• 造谣生事(造謠生事) to start rumours and create trouble
• 事件 event; happening; incident
• 遭横事(遭橫事) encountered trouble
• 叙事歌剧(敘事歌劇) a ballad opera
• 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
• 完事大吉 everything is finished; And there you are!
• 百事无成(百事無成) to have accomplished nothing
• 会计准则理事会(會計準則理事會) accounting standards council
• 少管闲事(少管閒事) Mind your own business!; Don't interfere!
• 干卿何事 what has this go to do with you?
• 机密大事(機密大事) a confidential matter
• 好汉做事好汉当(好漢做事好漢當) daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it; a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
• 监事(監事) inspector
• 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门(不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience
• 事态(事態) the state of affairs
• 大事 a major event
• 不事生产(不事生產) to not do productive work
• 人事部门(人事部門) the human resources department
• 执事(執事) to serve as; to hold a post ; an official ; an attendant ; paraphernalia of a guard of honor ; work; duty ; sir ; ceremonial weaponry
• 事到如今 as matters stand; things having reached this stage
• 刑事审判庭(刑事審判庭) criminal court
• 推事 a judge
• 不切事 of no practical significance
• 提上议事日程(提上議事日程) to put on the agenda
• 红白喜事(紅白喜事) weddings and funerals
• 置身事外 to stay aloof from a matter
• 事业线(事業線) business line
• 百科事典 encyclopedia
• 世事 affairs of life; things of the world
• 亚罗号事件(亞羅號事件) the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)
• 军事设施(軍事設施) military installation
• 情事 circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair
• 刑事拘留 to detain as criminal

Also contained in

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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: 293
• 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
• 卷二十上 本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — 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
• 三事 (三事) 用彼三事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 9
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 立事 (立事) 立事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 立政 Zhou Shu - Establishment of Government — count: 2