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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
事情 shìqing	事情 \| 事情* \| *事情	affair / matter / thing / business / CL: 件, 樁｜桩	HSK 2


故事 gùshi	故事 \| 故事* \| *故事	narrative / story / tale	HSK 3


同事 tóngshì	同事 \| 同事* \| *同事	colleague / co-worker / CL: 個｜个, 位	HSK 3


军事 jūnshì	军事 \| 军事* \| *军事	military affairs / military matters / military	軍事 HSK 5


人事 rénshì	人事 \| 人事* \| *人事	personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life	HSK 5


从事 cóngshì	从事 \| 从事* \| *从事	to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do	從事 HSK 5


事实 shìshí	事实 \| 事实* \| *事实	fact / CL: 個｜个	事實 HSK 5


事先 shìxiān	事先 \| 事先* \| *事先	in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior	HSK 5


事物 shìwù	事物 \| 事物* \| *事物	thing / object / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


事项 shìxiàng	事项 \| 事项* \| *事项	matter / item	事項 HSK 6


事业 shìyè	事业 \| 事业* \| *事业	undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個｜个	事業 HSK 6


事务 shìwù	事务 \| 事务* \| *事务	(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)	事務 HSK 6


事件 shìjiàn	事件 \| 事件* \| *事件	event / happening / incident / CL: 個｜个	HSK 6


时事 shíshì	时事 \| 时事* \| *时事	current trends / the present situation / how things are going	時事 HSK 6


启事 qǐshì	启事 \| 启事* \| *启事	announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice	啟事 HSK 6


本事 běnshi	本事 \| 本事* \| *本事	ability / skill	HSK 6


事迹 shìjì	事迹 \| 事迹* \| *事迹	deed / past achievement / important event of the past	事跡 HSK 6


事故 shìgù	事故 \| 事故* \| *事故	accident / CL: 樁｜桩, 起, 次	HSK 6


刑事 xíngshì	刑事 \| 刑事* \| *刑事	criminal / penal	HSK 6


当事人 dāngshìrén	当事人 \| 当事人* \| *当事人	persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair)	當事人 HSK 6


往事 wǎngshì	往事 \| 往事* \| *往事	past events / former happenings	HSK 6


领事馆 lǐngshìguǎn	领事馆 \| 领事馆* \| *领事馆	consulate	領事館 HSK 6


事态 shìtài	事态 \| 事态* \| *事态	situation / existing state of affairs	事態 HSK 6


董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng	董事长 \| 董事长* \| *董事长	chairman of the board / chairman	董事長 HSK 6


赛事 sàishì	赛事 \| 赛事* \| *赛事	competition (e.g. sporting)	賽事


办事 bànshì	办事 \| 办事* \| *办事	to handle (affairs) / to work	辦事


故事 gùshì	故事 \| 故事* \| *故事	old practice / CL: 個｜个


事 shì	事 \| 事* \| *事	matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁｜桩, 回


董事 dǒngshì	董事 \| 董事* \| *董事	board member


事务所 shìwùsuǒ	事务所 \| 事务所* \| *事务所	office / firm	事務所


办事处 bànshìchù	办事处 \| 办事处* \| *办事处	office / agency	辦事處


事宜 shìyí	事宜 \| 事宜* \| *事宜	matters / arrangements


回事 huíshì	回事 \| 回事* \| *回事	(old) to report to one's master


大事 dàshì	大事 \| 大事* \| *大事	major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: 件, 樁｜桩


董事会 dǒngshìhuì	董事会 \| 董事会* \| *董事会	board of directors	董事會


怎么回事 zěnmehuíshì	怎么回事 \| 怎么回事* \| *怎么回事	what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?	怎麼回事


事实上 shìshíshàng	事实上 \| 事实上* \| *事实上	in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto	事實上


事儿 shìr	事儿 \| 事儿* \| *事儿	one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事 / CL: 件, 樁｜桩	事兒


律师事务所 lǜshīshìwùsuǒ	律师事务所 \| 律师事务所* \| *律师事务所	law firm	律師事務所


本事 běnshì	本事 \| 本事* \| *本事	source material / original story


记事 jìshì	记事 \| 记事* \| *记事	to keep a record of events / record / to start to form memories (after one's infancy)	記事


做事 zuòshì	做事 \| 做事* \| *做事	to work / to handle matters / to have a job


实事 shíshì	实事 \| 实事* \| *实事	fact / actual thing / practical matter	實事


街道办事处 jiēdàobànshìchù	街道办事处 \| 街道办事处* \| *街道办事处	subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities	街道辦事處


理事 lǐshì	理事 \| 理事* \| *理事	member of council


什么事 shénmeshì	什么事 \| 什么事* \| *什么事	what? / which?	什麼事


人事处 rénshìchù	人事处 \| 人事处* \| *人事处	human resources department	人事處


趣事 qùshì	趣事 \| 趣事* \| *趣事	entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident


记事本 jìshìběn	记事本 \| 记事本* \| *记事本	notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer	記事本


事后 shìhòu	事后 \| 事后* \| *事后	after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect	事後


干事 gànshi	干事 \| 干事* \| *干事	administrator / executive secretary	幹事


外事 wàishì	外事 \| 外事* \| *外事	foreign affairs


实事求是 shíshìqiúshì	实事求是 \| 实事求是* \| *实事求是	to seek truth from facts (idiom) / to be practical and realistic	實事求是


突发事件 tūfāshìjiàn	突发事件 \| 突发事件* \| *突发事件	emergency / sudden occurrence	突發事件


理事长 lǐshìzhǎng	理事长 \| 理事长* \| *理事长	director general	理事長


民事诉讼 mínshìsùsòng	民事诉讼 \| 民事诉讼* \| *民事诉讼	common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)	民事訴訟


童话故事 tónghuàgùshì	童话故事 \| 童话故事* \| *童话故事	fairy tale	童話故事


一回事 yīhuíshì	一回事 \| 一回事* \| *一回事	one thing / the same as


坏事 huàishì	坏事 \| 坏事* \| *坏事	bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things	壞事


民事 mínshì	民事 \| 民事* \| *民事	civil case / agricultural affairs / civil


常务理事 chángwùlǐshì	常务理事 \| 常务理事* \| *常务理事	permanent member of council	常務理事


懂事 dǒngshì	懂事 \| 懂事* \| *懂事	sensible / thoughtful / intelligent


议事 yìshì	议事 \| 议事* \| *议事	to discuss official business	議事


心事 xīnshì	心事 \| 心事* \| *心事	a load on one's mind / worry / CL: 宗, 樁｜桩


历史事件 lìshǐshìjiàn	历史事件 \| 历史事件* \| *历史事件	historical incident	歷史事件


省事 shěngshì	省事 \| 省事* \| *省事	to simplify matters / to save trouble


省事 xǐngshì	省事 \| 省事* \| *省事	to handle administrative work


事半功倍 shìbàngōngbèi	事半功倍 \| 事半功倍* \| *事半功倍	half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine


公益事业 gōngyìshìyè	公益事业 \| 公益事业* \| *公益事业	service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility	公益事業


民事责任 mínshìzérèn	民事责任 \| 民事责任* \| *民事责任	civil liability (law)	民事責任


事关 shìguān	事关 \| 事关* \| *事关	to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for	事關


凡事 fánshì	凡事 \| 凡事* \| *凡事	everything


异事 yìshì	异事 \| 异事* \| *异事	sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible	異事


肇事 zhàoshì	肇事 \| 肇事* \| *肇事	to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance


事事 shìshì	事事 \| 事事* \| *事事	everything


人事管理 rénshìguǎnlǐ	人事管理 \| 人事管理* \| *人事管理	personnel management


喜事 xǐshì	喜事 \| 喜事* \| *喜事	happy occasion / wedding


领事 lǐngshì	领事 \| 领事* \| *领事	consul	領事


事变 shìbiàn	事变 \| 事变* \| *事变	incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)	事變


军事体育 jūnshìtǐyù	军事体育 \| 军事体育* \| *军事体育	military sports / military fitness (curriculum etc) / abbr. to 軍體｜军体	軍事體育


事业心 shìyèxīn	事业心 \| 事业心* \| *事业心	devotion to one's work / professional ambition	事業心


公共事业 gōnggòngshìyè	公共事业 \| 公共事业* \| *公共事业	public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable	公共事業


海事 hǎishì	海事 \| 海事* \| *海事	maritime affairs / accident at sea


处事 chǔshì	处事 \| 处事* \| *处事	to handle affairs / to deal with	處事


轶事 yìshì	轶事 \| 轶事* \| *轶事	variant of 逸事	軼事


世事 shìshì	世事 \| 世事* \| *世事	affairs of life / things of the world


当事 dāngshì	当事 \| 当事* \| *当事	to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)	當事


当事 dàngshì	当事 \| 当事* \| *当事	to consider as a matter of importance / to be of importance	當事


神话故事 shénhuàgùshi	神话故事 \| 神话故事* \| *神话故事	mythological story / myth	神話故事


没事 méishì	没事 \| 没事* \| *没事	it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)	沒事


百事通 bǎishìtōng	百事通 \| 百事通* \| *百事通	knowledgeable person / know all


了事 liǎoshì	了事 \| 了事* \| *了事	to dispose of a matter / to be done with it


琐事 suǒshì	琐事 \| 琐事* \| *琐事	trifle	瑣事


小事 xiǎoshì	小事 \| 小事* \| *小事	trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點｜点


军事家 jūnshìjiā	军事家 \| 军事家* \| *军事家	military expert / general	軍事家


国务院台湾事务办公室 Guówùyuàn Táiwān Shìwù Bàngōngshì	国务…公室 \| 国务…公室* \| *国务…公室	Taiwan Affairs Office	國務院台灣事務辦公室


人事部门 rénshìbùmén	人事部门 \| 人事部门* \| *人事部门	personnel office	人事部門


人事部 rénshìbù	人事部 \| 人事部* \| *人事部	personnel office / human resources (HR)


战事 zhànshì	战事 \| 战事* \| *战事	war / hostilities / fighting	戰事


社会事业 shèhuìshìyè	社会事业 \| 社会事业* \| *社会事业	social enterprise	社會事業

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