事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
事情
shìqing
matter; thing
Characters in this word
情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 事情很简单。 Shìqing hěn jiǎndān. The matter is very simple.
- 这事情不难。 Zhè shìqing bù nán. This matter is not hard.
- 我有事情。 Wǒ yǒu shìqing. I have something to do.
Related words
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 事 shì matter, thing; work
- 故事 gùshi story
- 好事 hǎoshì good deed; good thing
- 同事 tóngshì coworker
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 事故 shìgù accident
- 事件 shìjiàn event; incident
- 事实 shìshí fact
- 事实上 shìshíshàng actually
- 事业 shìyè career; enterprise