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 27725 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 all 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

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

提起件事我就覺得唏噓粵
Bringing up that issue makes me feel sad.

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?

他生性好奇, 甚麼事情都要研究一番。國
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

我係無事不登三寶殿
I wouldn't come to you if I hadn't something to ask of you.

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

為點小事，豈敢打擾！
I wouldn't dare bother you over such petty things.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

就算你噉做亦都於事無補粵
Even by doing so, you would not help the situation.

我知道呢個係不爭嘅事實粵
I know this is the undeniable truth.

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]

其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears.
[Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]

萬大事都有得解決粵
No matter how formidable this problem seems, it can be solved.

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

做事出錯要改正﹐但要避免矯枉過正。
We must correct what has been done wrong, but also avoid making correction beyond what is really necessary.

呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

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