事情

Chinese
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (事情) 事 情
simp. #(事情) 事 情
anagram 情事

Pronunciation

Noun

事情

  1. (countable) matter; affair; something; business; thing; stuff (Classifier: 件)
    處理事情／处理事情  ―  chǔlǐ shìqíng  ―  to handle a matter
    找到事情的根源  ―  zhǎo dào shìqíng de gēnyuán  ―  to get to the root of the matter
    我要去辦點事情了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我要去办点事情了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yào qù bàn diǎn shìqíng le. [Pinyin]
    I need to go take care of something.
    事情發生在去年夏天。 [MSC, trad.]
    事情发生在去年夏天。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shìqíng fāshēng zài qùnián xiàtiān. [Pinyin]
    It happened last summer.
    世界上最可悲的事情，莫過於你喜歡他，他卻只把你當朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
    世界上最可悲的事情，莫过于你喜欢他，他却只把你当朋友。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shìjiè shàng zuì kěbēi de shìqíng, mòguòyú nǐ xǐhuān tā, tā què zhǐ bǎ nǐ dāng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]
    The saddest thing in the world is liking someone but they only see you as a friend.
  2. (uncountable) job; task; work
    找事情做  ―  zhǎo shìqíng zuò  ―  to look for work
  3. (uncountable) mistake; accident
    出事情  ―  chū shìqíng  ―  to make a mistake

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 事情 (“affair; matter”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 事
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 事情, 事
Mandarin Beijing 事兒
Taiwan 事
Jinan 事兒
Xi'an 事情, 事
Wuhan 事情, 事
Chengdu 事情, 事
Guilin 事情, 事
Yangzhou 事情, 事
Hefei 事
Malaysia 事
Singapore 事情, 事
Cantonese Guangzhou 事, 事幹
Hong Kong 事, 事幹
Yangjiang 事, 事幹
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 事
Penang (Guangfu) 事
Singapore (Guangfu) 事
Gan Nanchang 事
Hakka Meixian 事情, 事
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 事情
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 事情
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 事情
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 事情
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 事情
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 事情
Jin Taiyuan 事情, 事
Min Bei Jian'ou 事
Min Dong Fuzhou 事計, 事
Minqing 事計
Singapore (Fuqing) 事計
Min Nan Xiamen 代誌
Xiamen (Tong'an) 代誌
Quanzhou 代誌
Jinjiang 代誌
Shishi 代誌
Zhangzhou 代誌
Zhao'an 事
Dongshan 代誌
Taipei 代誌
Kaohsiung 代誌
Yilan 代誌
Changhua (Lukang) 代誌
Taichung 代誌
Taichung (Wuqi) 代誌
Tainan 代誌
Taitung 代誌
Hsinchu 代誌
Penghu (Magong) 代誌
Penang (Hokkien) 代誌
Singapore (Hokkien) 代誌
Manila (Hokkien) 代誌
Chaozhou 事
Shantou 事
Jieyang 事
Haifeng 事
Singapore (Teochew) 事
Wenchang 事
Qionghai 事
Singapore (Hainanese) 事
Puxian Min Putian 事體, 代誌, 出數
Putian (Donghai) 事體, 代誌
Putian (Jiangkou) 事體, 代誌
Putian (Nanri) 事體, 代誌
Xianyou 事體, 代誌, 出數
Xianyou (Fengting) 事體, 代誌
Xianyou (Youyang) 事體, 代誌
Wu Shanghai 事體
Suzhou 事體
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 事體
Ningbo 事體, 事幹 dated
Zhoushan 事體, 事幹 dated
Wenzhou 事幹
Xiang Changsha 路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事
Shuangfeng 道路, 事

Derived terms
  • 出事情
  • 大小事情

Japanese
Kanji in this term
事 情
じ
Grade: 3		 じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiʑo̞ː]

Noun

事(じ)情(じょう) • (jijō) 

  1. circumstances
  2. reasons

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
事情

Noun

事情 • (sajeong) (hangeul 사정)

  1. Hanja form? of 사정 (“reason; circumstance; situation”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
事情

Noun

事情

  1. chữ Hán form of sự tình.
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