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事项 shìxiàng

事项 shìxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 事项 shìxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shìxiàng | shi4 xiang4
English translation
matter
item

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Traditional form

事項

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 事项 shìxiàng

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shì

Explanation

The characters Shǐ (history), (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand ( yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

8
Xiàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound. Simplified form of xiàng .

Phonetic compound

gōng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

工页

Number of Strokes

9

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事项 shìxiàng Decomposition

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事项 shìxiàng Compounds

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  • shì
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  • Xiàng
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