事

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Pronunciation : shì

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Meaning :
  1. matter; affair; thing; business. (n)
  2. trouble; accident. (n)
  3. job; work. (n)
  4. responsibility; involvement. (n)
Radical : 一
Strokes : 8
Traditional : 事
Usage : 67.3%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
事情
shì qíng

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 : matter; thing;
2.
事实
shì shí

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 : fact
3.
事业
shì yè

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 : career; activity; facilities
4.
事件
shì jiàn

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 : event
5.
从事
cóng shì

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 : undertake; deal with
Sentences:
1. It has long since faded from my memory.
zhè jiàn shì wǒ zǎo yǐ dàn wàng 。
这 件 事 我 早 已 淡 忘 。

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这 : this
件 : measure word
事 : matter, thing
我 : I
早已 : long ago; for a long time
淡 : thin, light
忘 : forget
淡忘 : fade from memory
2. It’s not your business.
méi nǐ de shì 。
没 你 的 事 。

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没 : do have
你的 : your
事 : business; matter; affair
3. The plane crashed.
fēi jī chū shì le 。
飞 机 出 事 了 。

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飞机 : plane
出事 : trouble; accident
了 : (particle) used after an action that has taken place
4. He is looking for a job.
tā zhèng zài zhǎo shì zuò 。
他 正 在 找 事 做 。

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他 : he
正在 : right now
找 : looking
事 : job
做 : to do
5. The situation got out of hand.
shì qíng dào le bù kě shōu shi de dì bù 。
事 情 到 了 不 可 收 拾 的 地 步 。

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事情 : matter
到 : reach
了 : (particle) used after an action that has taken place
不可 : cannot
收拾 : settle; handle
的 : (particle) used after an attribute; of
地步 : situation
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February 1st, 2010 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , , ,

Comments (2)

RichardFebruary 7th, 2010 at 12:25 am

事件
shì iàn
ping ying is probably wrong
it should be shi jan

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Min Min Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 1:35 am

Hi Richard,
Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It should be 事件[shì jiàn]. I missed out a “j”.
I have corrected it.
Thanks again.

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