事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
事物
shìwù
things
Characters in this word
物 wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 牛 — ox, cow, bull
- Made of
- 牛 ox, cow, bull 勿 must not, do not
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新事物很多。 Xīn shìwù hěn duō. There are many new things.
- 孩子爱看事物。 Háizi ài kàn shìwù. Children love looking at things.
- 事物都有变化。 Shìwù dōu yǒu biànhuà. All things change.
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
- 事故 shìgù accident
- 事件 shìjiàn event; incident
- 事实 shìshí fact
- 事实上 shìshíshàng actually