事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
事故
shìgù
accident
Characters in this word
故 gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里有事故。 Zhèlǐ yǒu shìgù. There is an accident here.
- 事故不严重。 Shìgù bù yánzhòng. The accident is not serious.
- 他看到事故。 Tā kàn dào shìgù. He saw the accident.
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
- 事情 shìqing matter; thing
- 同事 tóngshì coworker
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 事件 shìjiàn event; incident
- 事实 shìshí fact
- 事实上 shìshíshàng actually
- 事业 shìyè career; enterprise