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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


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


军事 jūnshì	军事 \| 军事* \| *军事	military affairs / (attributive) military	軍事 HSK 5


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng	董事长 \| 董事长* \| *董事长	chairman of the board of directors	董事長 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


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


事儿B shìr B	事儿B \| 事儿B* \| *事儿B	(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass	事兒B


故事 gùshì	故事 \| 故事* \| *故事	old practice


事例 shìlì	事例 \| 事例* \| *事例	example / exemplar / typical case


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


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


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


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


行事 xíngshì	行事 \| 行事* \| *行事	to execute / to handle / behavior / action / conduct


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


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


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


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


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


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


理事 lǐshì	理事 \| 理事* \| *理事	member of council / (literary) to take care of matters


家事 jiāshì	家事 \| 家事* \| *家事	family matters / domestic affairs / housework


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


惹事 rěshì	惹事 \| 惹事* \| *惹事	to cause trouble


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


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


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


出事 chūshì	出事 \| 出事* \| *出事	to have an accident / to meet with a mishap


亲事 qīnshì	亲事 \| 亲事* \| *亲事	marriage / CL: 門｜门	親事


事由 shìyóu	事由 \| 事由* \| *事由	main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)


国事 guóshì	国事 \| 国事* \| *国事	affairs of the nation / politics	國事


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


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


凡事 fánshì	凡事 \| 凡事* \| *凡事	everything


物事 wùshì	物事 \| 物事* \| *物事	affair / matter / thing / business / articles / goods / materials / thing / stuff / person (derog.)


找事 zhǎoshì	找事 \| 找事* \| *找事	to look for employment / to pick a quarrel


多事之秋 duōshìzhīqiū	多事之秋 \| 多事之秋* \| *多事之秋	troubled times / eventful period


事无巨细 shìwújùxì	事无巨细 \| 事无巨细* \| *事无巨细	lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance	事無巨細


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


叙事 xùshì	叙事 \| 叙事* \| *叙事	narrative	敘事


后事 hòushì	后事 \| 后事* \| *后事	future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements	後事


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


情事 qíngshì	情事 \| 情事* \| *情事	circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair


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


私事 sīshì	私事 \| 私事* \| *私事	personal matters


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


万事 wànshì	万事 \| 万事* \| *万事	all things	萬事


事事 shìshì	事事 \| 事事* \| *事事	everything


感情用事 gǎnqíngyòngshì	感情用事 \| 感情用事* \| *感情用事	to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse


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


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


就事论事 jiùshìlùnshì	就事论事 \| 就事论事* \| *就事论事	to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands	就事論事


好人好事 hǎorénhǎoshì	好人好事 \| 好人好事* \| *好人好事	admirable people and exemplary deeds


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


房事 fángshì	房事 \| 房事* \| *房事	sexual intercourse / to make love


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


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


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


政事 zhèngshì	政事 \| 政事* \| *政事	politics / government affairs


懂事 dǒngshì	懂事 \| 懂事* \| *懂事	to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent


盛事 shèngshì	盛事 \| 盛事* \| *盛事	grand occasion


婚事 hūnshì	婚事 \| 婚事* \| *婚事	wedding / marriage / CL: 門｜门, 樁｜桩


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


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


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


记事簿 jìshìbù	记事簿 \| 记事簿* \| *记事簿	a memo book (recording events)	記事簿


多事 duōshì	多事 \| 多事* \| *多事	meddlesome / eventful


失事 shīshì	失事 \| 失事* \| *失事	(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up


旧事 jiùshì	旧事 \| 旧事* \| *旧事	old affair / former matter	舊事


怪事 guàishì	怪事 \| 怪事* \| *怪事	strange thing / curious occurrence


炊事 chuīshì	炊事 \| 炊事* \| *炊事	cooking


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


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


闹事 nàoshì	闹事 \| 闹事* \| *闹事	to cause trouble / to create a disturbance	鬧事


事端 shìduān	事端 \| 事端* \| *事端	disturbance / incident


无济于事 wújìyúshì	无济于事 \| 无济于事* \| *无济于事	to no avail / of no use	無濟於事


执事 zhíshì	执事 \| 执事* \| *执事	to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon	執事


执事 zhíshi	执事 \| 执事* \| *执事	paraphernalia of a guard of honor	執事


滋事 zīshì	滋事 \| 滋事* \| *滋事	to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute


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


善事 shànshì	善事 \| 善事* \| *善事	good deeds

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