事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
事先
shìxiān
in advance
Characters in this word
先 xiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- 𠂒 small 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请事先告诉我。 Qǐng shìxiān gàosu wǒ. Please tell me in advance.
- 要事先准备。 Yào shìxiān zhǔnbèi. You need to prepare in advance.
- 我事先买好了。 Wǒ shìxiān mǎi hǎo le. I bought it in advance.
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