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

nóng shì farming task
业心 shì yè xīn devotion to one's work; professional ambition
nián shì years of age; age
者 dāng shì zhě the person involved; the people holding power
终身大 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
缺德 quē dé shì misdeed; immoral action; wicked deed; a deliberate wrongdoing
权 shì quán position; authority; responsibility
犯 xíng shì fàn a criminal
访问 guó shì fǎng wèn state visit
多一不如少一 duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom); the less complications the better
zhǐ shì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character
员 chuī shì yuán cook; kitchen worker
néng shì particular abilities; one's forte
责任故 zé rèn shì gù accident occurring due to negligence
家 jūn shì jiā military expert; general
科学 jūn shì kē xué military science
dǐng shì useful; fitting
無成 yī shì wú chéng to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
一二八变 yī èr bā shì biàn Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
一二八變 yī èr bā shì biàn Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
一切物 yī qiè shì wù everything
一回 yī huí shì one thing; the same as
七七变 qī qī shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
七七變 qī qī shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
qī shì the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice 祭祀, giving audience 朝覲|朝觐, administering jointly 會同|会同, receiving guests 賓客|宾客, running army 軍旅|军旅, attending to farm work 田役, mourning ceremonial 喪荒|丧荒