一事

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (一事)		一	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshì [Phonetic: yíshì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishìh
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: yī-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyh
  - Palladius: иши (iši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    一世
    伊勢／伊势
    醫士／医士
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: yāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Noun

一事

(dialectal) related (organizationally or professionally); belonging to the same organization
你們都是一事嗎？／你们都是一事吗？ ― Nǐmen dōu shì yīshì ma? ― Are you all together?

這兩家公司其實是一事。 [MSC, trad.]
这两家公司其实是一事。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè liǎng jiā gōngsī qíshí shì yīshì. [Pinyin]
The two firms are actually one and the same outfit.

Derived terms

九一一事件 (Jiǔ-yāo-yāo Shìjiàn)
多一事不如少一事 (duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì)
多一事不如省一事
一事無成／一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)

不因一事，不長一智／不因一事，不长一智
不經一事，不長一智／不经一事，不长一智 (bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì)
沒一事不可對人言／没一事不可对人言

Japanese

Noun

一事(いちじ) • (ichiji)

one thing

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