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
- 干事长(幹事長) secretary-general
- 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
- 大事 a major event
- 行事 to execute; to handle ; behavior; action; conduct
- 不事张扬(不事張揚) quietly; without ostentation
- 事不宜迟(事不宜遲) the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
- 成事 a completed matter ; a past matter ; to complete
- 戎事 military affairs
- 万事大吉(萬事大吉) everything is fine; all is well with the world
- 议事(議事) to discuss official business
- 缺德事 misdeed; immoral action; wicked deed; a deliberate wrongdoing
- 懂事 sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
- 无济于事(無濟於事) to no avail; of no use
- 事先 in advance; beforehand; prior
- 军事政变(軍事政變) a military coup
- 事例 example; exemplar; typical case
- 事理 reason; logic
- 万事(萬事) myriad affairs; everything; many things
- 事项(事項) matter; item
- 事在人为(事在人為) the matter depends on the individual; it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
- 当事者(當事者) person involved
- 亏心事(虧心事) shameful deed
- 事业心(事業心) devotion to one's work; professional ambition
- 事态(事態) the state of affairs
- 区区小事(區區小事) trivial matter; trifle
- 军事核大国(軍事核大國) military nuclear power
- 轶事(軼事) an anecdote
- 郑重其事(鄭重其事) serious about the matter
- 真事 reality; veracity; the real thing
- 没事(沒事) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- 一切事物 everything
- 审慎行事(審慎行事) to act prudently; steering a cautious course
- 好事 a joyful thing ; a good deed ; praying for blessings at a Daoist or Buddhist ceremony ; expression of surprise and dissatisfaction
- 总领事馆(總領事館) Consulate General
- 确有其事(確有其事) (confirm to be) true; authentic
- 沉船事故 a shipwreck; a sinking
- 钱多事少离家近(錢多事少離家近) lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job
- 海事法院 maritime court
- 秘密的事(祕密的事) a secret matter
- 战事(戰事) fighting; war; military conflict
- 事之所系(事之所繫) what binds everything together
- 超然世事 to consider oneself above worldly matters
- 指事字 ideogram (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
- 出了事 something bad happened
- 海事 maritime affairs; accident at sea
Also contained in
三种奇特事 、 中央军事委员会 、 故事诗 、 常务理事 、 西安事变 、 一段事
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
- 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
- 事晋 (事晉) 而事晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 事一 (事一) 以事一人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧烝民 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Zheng Min — count: 2