事情

事情 shìqing

事情 shìqing Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 事情 shìqing .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shìqing | shi4 qing5
English translation
affair
matter
thing
business
CL: jiàn [jiàn], zhuāng
> zhuāng [zhuāng]

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Traditional form

事情 shìqing

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 事情 shìqing

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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
qíng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Qīng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Qīng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄青

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 事情 shìqing

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以后 yǐ hòu , shuí 不准 bù zhǔn 提到 tí dào zhè Zhāng 纸条 zhǐ tiáo de 事情 shìqing .

From now on no one is to mention that slip of paper.

de yǎn qíng Zēng duì 正在 zhèngzài 发生 fāshēng de 事情 shìqing 不加 bù jiā 理会 lǐ huì .

My eyes had been blinded to what was going on.

一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn , jǐn zài 簿子 bù zi shǎng 记些 suǒ suǒ xiè xiè de 事情 shìqing .

All day he wrote little facts upon the pad.

一旦 yīdàn 下决心 xià jué xīn zuò , 任何 rènhé 事情 shìqing dōu 挡不 zhù .

If he's set his mind on doing it, nothing will stop him.

事情 shìqing 发生 fāshēng zài 1 yuè 17.

It happened on January the seventeenth.

事情 shìqing Decomposition

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事情 shìqing Compounds

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  • shì
    • ,
  • qíng
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