事 (si6 | shi4) : matter; affair; job; work; accident

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事

si6

shi4

[1] [n] matter; affair; thing; business
[2] [n] job; work; occupation; undertaking
[3] [n] accident; trouble; incident
[4] [v] be engaged in; go in for
[5] [v] wait upon; serve; attend

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 亅 (#6)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

事

This word has been viewed 27664 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2014 01:15

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省事 saang2 sing2 / si6 sheng3 xing3 / shi4 = saang2si6: to simplify matters; sing2si6: to handle administrative work

多事 do1 si6 duo1 shi4 = nosy; busybody

同事 tung4 si6 tong2 shi4 = colleague; co-worker

故事 gu3 si6 gu4 shi4 = story, narrative, tale

做事 zou6 si6 = to work

心事 sam1 si6 xin1 shi4 = a mind's burden; a worry; affairs of the heart

出事 ceot1 si6 chu1 shi4 = to have sth. (usu. bad, like an accident or a mishap) happen

大事 daai6 si6 da4 shi4 = [1] a major event, [2] (do something) in a big way

事事 si6 si6 = everything

小事 siu2 si6 = a bagatelle, a trifling matter of no consequence
See all 349 compounds (CantoDict reports 389 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 34 examples containing 事

咩事呀? 粵
What's the matter?
[shortened form of 乜嘢事呀]

可惡，究竟係咩事呀。粵
Ugh, what actually happened [just now]?
[This is a common phrase in some TV shows. 可惡 is an interjection meaning "ugh". 究竟係咩事呀 is a shorter form of 究竟係發生咩事呀, so literally we have "ugh, actually is happen what?"]

烤火雞不是一件容易的事國
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

怎麼回事？國
What's going on? [Literally: How is the result?]

做任何事都要勤儉。
Be thrifty and hardworking in whatever undertaking you are to start on.

如果你有事的話 , 就不要來了。國
Don't come if you're busy.

呢件事關重大，佢擔唔擔戴得起啊?
Is he able to bear the responsibility of such an important matter?

呢件事，眞係冇符喇粵
I'm at wits end for this matter

我啲手下辦事不力，好對唔住粵
My subordinates did not do a good job, so sorry.

咸豐年前嘅事你重攞嚟講粵
You are still bringing up things that happened so many years ago

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