事 (shì): matter, thing, item
事 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “matter.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural), 口 (structural), 彐 (structural) and 亅 (structural). It ranks #58 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- matter
- thing
- item
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 事
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 事情noun | shì qing | affair | 2 |
| 故事noun | gù shì | old practice | 3 |
| 事实noun | shì shí | fact | 5 |
| 事件noun | shì jiàn | incident | 5 |
| 事业noun | shì yè | undertaking | 5 |
| 事故noun | shì gù | accident | 5 |
| 同事noun | tóng shì | colleague | 3 |
| 没事verb | méi shì | it's not important | 1 |
| 大事noun | dà shì | major event | 5 |
| 事物noun | shì wù | thing | 5 |
| 事先noun | shì xiān | in advance | 5 |
| 从事verb | cóng shì | to go for | 5 |
| 事务noun | shì wù | (political, economic etc) affairs | 6 |
| 办事verb | bàn shì | to handle (affairs) | 4 |
| 事后noun | shì hòu | after the event | 6 |
| 人事noun | rén shì | personnel | 6 |
| 赛事noun | sài shì | competition (e.g. sporting) | 6 |
| 事项noun | shì xiàng | matter | 6 |
| 启事noun | qǐ shì | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) | 6 |
| 喜事noun | xǐ shì | happy occasion | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事实上 | shì shí shàng | in fact |
| 事儿 | shì r | one's employment |
| 好事noun | hǎo shì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") |
| 没事儿interjection | méi shì r | to have spare time |
| 坏事noun | huài shì | bad thing |
| 当事人 | dāng shì rén | persons involved or implicated |
| 事务所noun | shì wù suǒ | business office |
| 出事verb | chū shì | to have an accident |
| 行事 | xíng shì | to execute |
| 军事noun | jūn shì | military affairs |
| 本事noun | běn shì | source material |
| 小事 | xiǎo shì | trifle |
| 董事会noun | dǒng shì huì | board of directors |
| 完事verb | wán shì | to be finished (with sth) |
| 共事verb | gòng shì | to work together |
事 appears in 136 compound words: 17 as the first character, 70 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 事 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (76)
to bother and interfere others' business; to have an oar in someone's boat; to meddle in others' business
Showing 12 of 76 idioms containing 事.
Example Sentences
老师教我们事字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men shì zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "事."
沙特阿拉伯前官员:任何对伊朗的军事打击都将是一场代价高昂的豪赌
shā tè ā lā bó qián guān yuán : rèn hé duì yī lǎng de jūn shì dǎ jī dōu jiāng shì yī chǎng dài jià gāo áng de háo dǔ
Former Saudi Arabian official: Any military strike on Iran will be a costly gamble
弗吉尼亚州里士满发生枪击事件 两人死亡
弗 jí ní yà zhōu lǐ shì mǎn fā shēng qiāng jī shì jiàn liǎng rén sǐ wáng
Two people were killed in a shooting in Richmond, Virginia
美国突在约旦军事基地 部署大量战机
měi guó tū zài yuē dàn jūn shì jī dì bù shǔ dà liàng zhàn jī
The United States suddenly deployed a large number of fighter jets at Jordanian military bases
【城事】外滩开关式人墙再次启用,分流客流确保平...
chéng shì wài tān kāi guān shì rén qiáng zài cì qǐ yòng , fēn liú kè liú què bǎo píng . . .
The Bund switch-type human wall was reopened to divert passenger flow to ensure leveling...
未必是坏事!南马降级成精英标 马拉松将回归体验本质
wèi bì shì huài shì ! nán mǎ jiàng jí chéng jīng yīng biāo mǎ lā sōng jiāng huí guī tǐ yàn běn zhì
It's not necessarily a bad thing! South Malaysia is relegated to an elite marathon and will return to the essence of experience
有什么事是我该做的吗？
Yǒu shénme shì shì wǒ gāi zuò de ma?
Is there anything I must do?
为什么你要对你没做过的事表示抱歉？
Wèishénme nǐ yào duì nǐ méi zuò guo de shì biǎoshì bàoqiàn?
Why say sorry for something you haven't even done?
你竟然做出那样的事来，你还是人吗？
Nǐ jìngrán zuòchū nàyàng de shì lái, nǐ háishi rén ma?
It is wicked of you to do such things.
好的，您想咨询什么事情？
Hǎo de, nín xiǎng zīxún shénmeshì qíng?
OK, what would you like advice on?
Character Family
亅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hook radical
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