Kilo Lingo

事

shì

Traditional: 事

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HSK 2
#64 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

matter, affair, thing (abstract)

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Examples

？

What is the matter? / What do you need?

。

This matter is very important.

。

I have a lot of things to do today.

。

I will handle this matter properly.

？

What has happened?

Related words

告诉

to tell, to inform

人

person, people

事

matter, affair, thing (abstract)

知道

to know (a fact)

做

to do, to make, to work as

Appears in 7 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 事.

事情shì qíngmatter, affair, thing没事méi shìit's fine, no matter, nothing wrong怎么回事zěn me huí shìwhat's going on, what's the matter故事gù shìstory, tale, narrative事实shì shífact, reality事实上shì shí shàngin fact, as a matter of fact有事yǒu shìto have something to do, to be busy

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