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

• 失事 an accident
• 家事法庭 family court
• 谋事(謀事) to plan matters; to look for a job
• 操事 handling matters
• 战事(戰事) fighting; war; military conflict
• 熟人熟事 familiar
• 刑事审判庭(刑事審判庭) criminal court
• 多事之秋 troubled times; eventful period
• 历史事件(歷史事件) historical incident
• 刑事法院 criminal court; judiciary court
• 事因 a cause; a reason
• 轶事(軼事) an anecdote
• 防御工事(防禦工事) fortification; defensive structure
• 百事无成(百事無成) to have accomplished nothing
• 人事不知 to have lost consciousness
• 行事历(行事曆) calendar; schedule
• 寻衅滋事罪(尋釁滋事罪) disorderly behavior (PRC law)
• 虚应故事(虛應故事) to go through the motions
• 因事制宜 according to the situation, establish appropriate regulations
• 情事 circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair
• 理事长(理事長) director general
• 军事行动(軍事行動) military operation
• 人浮于事(人浮於事) more hands than needed; too many cooks spoil the broth
• 兵家常事 commonplace in military operations
• 机要大事(機要大事) a confidential matter
• 事件 event; happening; incident
• 对事不对人(對事不對人) it's nothing personal
• 刑事法庭 criminal court
• 事无巨细(事無巨細) things are not separated according to their size
• 蠢事 folly
• 当天事当天毕(當天事當天畢) never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
• 没有事(沒有事) not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening
• 不明事理 not understanding things; devoid of sense
• 事出不意 an unexpected matter
• 时事新报(時事新報) The China Times ; Jiji shimpō
• 董事会(董事會) board of directors
• 农事活动(農事活動) agricultural activities
• 七事 the Seven Duties of a Sovereign
• 确有其事(確有其事) (confirm to be) true; authentic
• 真事 reality; veracity; the real thing
• 监事员(監事員) exam proctor
• 领事馆(領事館) consulate
• 意中事 sth that is expected or wished for
• 事端 an disturbance; an incident

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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
• 卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 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
• 三事 (三事) 用彼三事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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
• 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
• 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
• 五事 (五事) 次二曰敬用五事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 2
• 图事 (圖事) 不能與賢人圖事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧狡童 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiao Tong — count: 2