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事情

shì qing

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Measure word 件、桩

事情 (shì qing) means "affair; matter; business". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 事情 means

1. affair; matter; thing; business

The characters in 事情

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

Example sentences

• 事情要失控了。
  Shìqing yào shīkòng le.
  Things are getting out of control.
• 事情可还没完。
  But it wasn't over yet.
• 他总是忘记事情。
  He is always forgetting things.
• 让我说一件事情。
  Let me say one thing.
• 事情难免会发生。
  Stuff happens.
• 这是正确的事情。
  It's the right thing to do.

Words containing 事情

• 军事情报jūn shì qíng bàomilitary intelligence

Where 事情 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School and Work (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì qing correctly.
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