shì

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

DEFINITIONS

事 shì
  • matter
  • thing
  • item
  • work
  • affair
  • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

STROKES

WORDS

长 dǒng shì zhǎng chairman of the board; chairman
shí shì current trends; the present situation; how things are going
求是 shí shì qiú shì to seek truth from facts (idiom); to be practical and realistic
实上 shì shí shàng in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
儿 shì r one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事[shi4]; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
hǎo shì 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
hào shì to be meddlesome
儿 méi shì r to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
méi shì 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)
huài shì bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
dà shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
务所 shì wù suǒ office; firm
chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap
xíng shì to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]
会 dǒng shì huì board of directors
gòng shì to work together
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work
gōng shì work-related matters; documents
chǔn shì folly
zhèng shì one's proper business
sī shì personal matters
管闲 guǎn xián shì to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business
guài shì strange thing; curious occurrence