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事

shì

HSK 2 Character Measure word 件、桩、回

What 事 means

1. matter
2. thing
3. item
4. work
5. affair

Example sentences

• 没事。
  No prob.
• 这事嘛
  So this is the thing.
• 出事了。
  Chūshì le.
  There's been some trouble.
• 没事儿。
  Méishìr.
  No problem.
• 别闹事。
  Bié nàoshì.
  Don't make trouble.
• 他没事。
  There is nothing wrong with him.

Words starting with 事

• 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business
• 事件shì jiànincident; event
• 事实shì shífact
• 事物shì wùthing; object
• 事先shì xiānin advance; before the event; beforehand
• 事业shì yèundertaking; project; activity
• 事故shì gùaccident
• 事务shì wù(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
• 事迹shì jìnotable deeds; exploits
• 事项shì xiàngmatter; item
• 事态shì tàisituation; existing state of affairs
• 事实上shì shí shàngin fact; in reality; actually
• 事后shì hòuafter the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
• 事宜shì yímatters; arrangements
• 事务所shì wù suǒbusiness office; firm
• 事变shì biànincident; unforeseen event; events (in general)
• 事例shì lìexample; exemplar; typical case
• 事事shì shìeverything
• 事前shì qiánin advance; before the event
• 事半功倍shì bàn gōng bèi(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
• 事理shì lǐreason; logic
• 事业心shì yè xīndevotion to one's work; professional ambition
• 事主shì zhǔvictim (of a criminal); party involved (in a dispute etc); main instigator
• 事与愿违shì yǔ yuàn wéithings turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

Words containing 事

• 故事gù shìold practice
• 同事tóng shìcolleague; co-worker
• 从事cóng shìto go for; to engage in; to undertake
• 军事jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
• 人事rén shìpersonnel; human resources; human affairs
• 往事wǎng shìpast events; former happenings
• 本事běn shìsource material; original story
• 董事长dǒng shì zhǎngchairman of the board of directors
• 当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
• 刑事xíng shìcriminal; penal
• 时事shí shìcurrent trends; the present situation; how things are going
• 实事求是shí shì qiú shìlit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic
• 启事qǐ shìannouncement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information…
• 领事馆lǐng shì guǎnconsulate
• 没事méi shìit's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 此事cǐ shìthis matter
• 好事hǎo shìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity…
• 怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?
• 大事dà shìmajor event; major political event (war or change of regime)…
• 有事yǒu shìto be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
• 做事zuò shìto work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 办事bàn shìto handle (affairs); to work
• 小事xiǎo shìtrifle; trivial matter
• 出事chū shìto have an accident; to meet with a mishap

Characters that look like 事

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 荨qiánused in 荨麻; also pr. xún

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 柿persimmon