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时事

时事 shíshì

时事 shíshì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 时事 shíshì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shíshì | shi2 shi4
English translation
current trends
the present situation
how things are going

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HSK level

6

Traditional form

時事

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 时事 shíshì

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时 shí

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 時 shí .

Semantic compound

日 Rì

Positional decomposition

⿰日寸

Number of Strokes

7
事 shì

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 时事 shíshì

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快到6月底 yuè dǐ 的 de 时候 shíhou ，时事 shíshì 通讯 tōngxùn 印刷 yìnshuā 完毕 wánbì 准备 zhǔnbèi 投寄 tóu jì 。

The newsletter was printed towards the end of June in readiness for mailing.

她 tā 现年 xiàn nián 87岁 suì ，曾经 céngjīng 是 shì 齐格菲尔 ěr 时事 shíshì 讽刺 fěngcì 剧团 jù tuán 的 de 成员 chéngyuán 之一 zhī yī 。

She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies.

有时 yǒu shí 事情 shìqing 并 bìng 不 bù 像 xiàng 我们 wǒmen 认为 rènwéi 的 de 那样 nà yàng 发展 fāzhǎn 。

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

时事 shíshì Decomposition

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时事 shíshì Compounds

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