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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


领事 lǐngshì	领事 \| 领事* \| *领事	consul	領事


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


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


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


闲事 xiánshì	闲事 \| 闲事* \| *闲事	other people's business	閒事


民间故事 mínjiāngùshi	民间故事 \| 民间故事* \| *民间故事	folk story / folktale	民間故事


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


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


当回事 dànghuíshì	当回事 \| 当回事* \| *当回事	to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously	當回事


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


糗事 qiǔshì	糗事 \| 糗事* \| *糗事	awkward incident


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


无所事事 wúsuǒshìshì	无所事事 \| 无所事事* \| *无所事事	to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)	無所事事


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


管闲事 guǎnxiánshì	管闲事 \| 管闲事* \| *管闲事	to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business	管閒事


烦心事 fánxīnshì	烦心事 \| 烦心事* \| *烦心事	trouble / worry	煩心事


乐事 Lèshì	乐事 \| 乐事* \| *乐事	Lay's (brand)	樂事


乐事 lèshì	乐事 \| 乐事* \| *乐事	pleasure	樂事


好事 hǎoshì	好事 \| 好事* \| *好事	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead


好事 hàoshì	好事 \| 好事* \| *好事	to be meddlesome


闲来无事 xiánláiwúshì	闲来无事 \| 闲来无事* \| *闲来无事	at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do	閒來無事


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


若无其事 ruòwúqíshì	若无其事 \| 若无其事* \| *若无其事	as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly / nonchalantly	若無其事


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


诸事 zhūshì	诸事 \| 诸事* \| *诸事	everything / every matter	諸事


屁事 pìshì	屁事 \| 屁事* \| *屁事	(vulgar) trifling matter / mere trifle / goddamn thing / goddamn business


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


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


总领事 zǒnglǐngshì	总领事 \| 总领事* \| *总领事	consul general	總領事


农事 nóngshì	农事 \| 农事* \| *农事	farming task	農事


丧事 sāngshì	丧事 \| 丧事* \| *丧事	funeral arrangements	喪事


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


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


成事 chéngshì	成事 \| 成事* \| *成事	to accomplish the objective / to succeed


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


费事 fèishì	费事 \| 费事* \| *费事	troublesome / to take a lot of trouble to do sth	費事


总干事 zǒnggànshi	总干事 \| 总干事* \| *总干事	secretary-general	總幹事


破事 pòshì	破事 \| 破事* \| *破事	trivial matter / trifle / annoying thing


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


多管闲事 duōguǎnxiánshì	多管闲事 \| 多管闲事* \| *多管闲事	meddling in other people's business	多管閒事


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


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


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


蠢事 chǔnshì	蠢事 \| 蠢事* \| *蠢事	folly


没有事 méiyǒushì	没有事 \| 没有事* \| *没有事	not a bit / nothing is up / nothing alarming is happening	沒有事


平安无事 píng'ānwúshì	平安无事 \| 平安无事* \| *平安无事	safe and sound (idiom)	平安無事


两码事 liǎngmǎshì	两码事 \| 两码事* \| *两码事	two quite different things / another kettle of fish	兩碼事


杂事 záshì	杂事 \| 杂事* \| *杂事	miscellaneous tasks / various chores	雜事

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