CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- shi4
- English meanings
- responsibility, trouble, event, thing, worry, accident, case, involvement, work, affair, job, concern, business, toast, matter
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Overlapping structure
Overlapping arrangement: first part (Top–middle–bottom arrangement: top 一; middle 口; bottom 彐.); second part 亅.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
world; generation; life
run
serve; attend
power; situation
ten
history
addicted; fond of
scholar; soldier
lose; miss; fail
begin; start
real; solid; fruit
room
real; solid; fruit
corpse
city
teacher; master; expert
measure word (kinds)
wipe
carry out; give
hour
is
persimmon
clan
wet
lion
arrow; vow
stone; rock
show; indicate
eclipse; erode
see; view
see; view
try; test; exam
oath; vow; swear
know
try
poem
suitable; comfortable
pass away; pass
explain; release
eat; food
decorate; ornament
drive; sail
Example sentences
Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.
- 01
I have something to ask you.
- 02
Whose business is this?
- 03
Mind your own business.
- 04
The matter is settled.
- 05
Nothing much today.
- 06
Something happened; go check quickly.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 一事无成
- 一回事
- 事业
- 事件
- 事先
- 事务
- 事务所
- 事后
- 事宜
- 事实
- 事实上
- 事态
- 事情
- 事故
- 事物
- 事迹
- 事项
- 人事
- 从事
- 公事
- 军事
- 出事
- 办事
- 办事处
- 同事
- 启事
- 喜事
- 坏事
- 大事
- 好事
- 实事求是
- 干事
- 当事人
- 往事
- 心事
- 心想事成
- 懂事
- 故事
- 无所事事
- 无济于事
- 时事
- 有事
- 本事
- 此事
- 没事儿
- 理事
- 省事
- 碍事
- 私事
- 肇事
- 董事
- 董事会
- 董事长
- 闹事
- 领事
- 领事馆