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shì

Main
English Definition	matter; thing; item; work; affair
Simplified Script	事
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	shì
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	si⁶
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	件, 桩, 回
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word
事儿	shìr	one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事
事业	shìyè	undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation
事实	shìshí	fact
事件	shìjiàn	event; happening; incident
事实上	shìshí shàng	in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

Words With Same Tail Word
故事	gùshì	old practice
同事	tóngshì	colleague; co-worker
做事	zuòshì	to work; to handle matters; to have a job
懂事	dǒngshì	sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
军事	jūnshì	military affairs; military matters; military

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