事
Meaning
- matter
- thing
- item
Measure word
件 jiàn or 桩 zhuāng or 回 huí
Example sentence
事已至此。
What's done is done.
The character 事
事 is a matter — anything that happens or has to be dealt with. 没事儿 is it's nothing, 有事 is to be tied up, 事情 is the affair itself, 故事 a story, 同事 the colleague you share the work with.
Words containing 事
- 没事儿 méi shì r to have spare time
- 故事 gù shi narrative; story; tale
- 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
- 事情 shì qing affair; matter; thing; business
- 同事 tóng shì colleague; co-worker
- 本事 běn shi ability
- 从事 cóng shì to go for
- 事故 shì gù accident
- 事件 shì jiàn incident; event
- 事实 shì shí fact
- 事实上 shì shí shàng in fact
- 事业 shì yè undertaking
- 办事 bàn shì to handle (affairs)
- 事物 shì wù thing; object
- 事先 shì xiān in advance