(shì qíng) - matter, affair, thing in Mandarin
shìqíngTraditional: 事情
HSK 2
#147 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
matter, affair, thing
Word origin
A compound of 事 (shì) 'matter, affair' and 情 (qíng) 'feeling, situation'. 事 pictures a hand holding an implement; 情 is a phono-semantic compound with 忄(heart) radical and 青 (qīng) as phonetic. Together they mean an affair or matter.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 事 (shì, matter) + 情 (qíng, situation: 忄heart + 青 phonetic)
Stroke order
事
情
Examples
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This matter is very important.
？
What is the matter?
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This is my business.
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This matter is not so simple.
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He has many things to be busy with.
事情 (shì qíng) means matter, affair, thing. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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