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回事

huí shì

2-character word

What 回事 means

1. oldto report to one's master

The characters in 回事

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 有这回事吗？
  Yǒu zhè huí shì ma?
  Was there such a thing?
• 那是另一回事。
  That is another matter.
• 你到底怎么回事嘛
  Nǐ dàodǐ zěnmehuíshì ma
  What has happened to you?
• 你到底怎幺回事嘛
  What is the matter with you?
• 你到底怎么回事啊？
  Nǐ dàodǐ zěnmehuíshì ā?
  What exactly happened to you?

Words containing 回事

• 怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?
• 一回事yī huí shìone and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another)
• 两回事liǎng huí shìtwo quite different things; two unrelated matters
• 当回事dàng huí shìto take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously")…
• 像那么回事儿xiàng nà me huí shì rnot bad at all; quite impressive
• 不当一回事bù dàng yī huí shìnot regard as a matter (of any importance)
• 当回事儿dàng huí shì rerhua variant of 当回事

Sounds the same

Read huí shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 回视regression (psychology)