事情

Chinese

	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (事情)	事	情
simp. ^#(事情)	事	情
anagram	情事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shìqing, shìqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ, ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si⁴ qin²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сычин (sɨčin, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cing⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhìn

(Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ cin

(Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ qin²
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-cìng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-chêng / sīr-chêng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-zhin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìqing
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhci̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻing⁵
  - Yale: shr̀-ching
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.ching
  - Palladius: шицин (šicin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcíng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻing²
  - Yale: shr̀-chíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyng
  - Palladius: шицин (šicin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    世情
    事情
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si⁴ qin²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: skin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³ t͡ɕʰin²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сычин (sɨčin, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ cing⁴
  - Yale: sih chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii qin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ cin
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ t͡sʰin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si⁴ qin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰin¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-cìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsîng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-zhin
  - MiniDict: zy^去 zhin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-xxin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ʑin⁴⁴/

Noun

事情

(countable) matter; affair; something; business; thing; stuff (Classifier: 件)
處理事情／处理事情 ― chǔlǐ shìqíng ― to handle a matter

找到事情的根源 ― zhǎo dào shìqíng de gēnyuán ― to get to the root of the matter

我要去辦點事情了。 [MSC, trad.]
我要去办点事情了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yào qù bàn diǎn shìqíng le. [Pinyin]
I need to go take care of something.

事情發生在去年夏天。 [MSC, trad.]
事情发生在去年夏天。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìqíng fāshēng zài qùnián xiàtiān. [Pinyin]
It happened last summer.

世界上最可悲的事情，莫過於你喜歡他，他卻只把你當朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
世界上最可悲的事情，莫过于你喜欢他，他却只把你当朋友。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìjiè shàng zuì kěbēi de shìqíng, mòguòyú nǐ xǐhuān tā, tā què zhǐ bǎ nǐ dāng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]
The saddest thing in the world is liking someone but they only see you as a friend.
(uncountable) job; task; work
找事情做 ― zhǎo shìqíng zuò ― to look for work
(uncountable) mistake; accident
出事情 ― chū shìqíng ― to make a mistake

Synonyms

(matter): 事項／事项 (shìxiàng); (formal) 事宜 (shìyí), 問題／问题 (wèntí)

Dialectal synonyms of 事情 (“affair; matter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		事
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		事情, 事
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	事兒
	Taiwan	事
	Malaysia	事
	Singapore	事情, 事
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	事兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	事情, 事
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	事情, 事
	Wuhan	事情, 事
	Guilin	事情, 事
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	事情, 事
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事, 事幹
	Hong Kong	事, 事幹
	Yangjiang	事, 事幹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	事
	Penang (Guangfu)	事
	Singapore (Guangfu)	事
Gan	Nanchang	事
Hakka	Meixian	事情, 事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	事情
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	事情
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	事情
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	事情
Jin	Taiyuan	事情, 事
Northern Min	Jian'ou	事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	事計, 事
	Minqing	事計
	Singapore (Fuqing)	事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	代誌, 物件
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	代誌
	Quanzhou	代誌
	Jinjiang	代誌
	Shishi	代誌
	Zhangzhou	代誌, 物件
	Zhao'an	事
	Dongshan	代誌
	Taipei	代誌
	Kaohsiung	代誌
	Yilan	代誌
	Changhua (Lukang)	代誌
	Taichung	代誌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	代誌
	Tainan	代誌
	Taitung	代誌
	Hsinchu	代誌
	Penghu (Magong)	代誌
	Penang (Hokkien)	代誌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	代誌
	Manila (Hokkien)	代誌
	Chaozhou	事
	Shantou	事
	Jieyang	事
	Haifeng	事
	Singapore (Teochew)	事
	Wenchang	事
	Qionghai	事
	Singapore (Hainanese)	事
Puxian Min	Putian	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Xianyou (Fengting)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou (Youyang)	事體, 代誌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	事幹
Wu	Shanghai	事體
	Suzhou	事體
	Hangzhou	花頭
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	事體
	Ningbo	事體, 事幹 dated
	Zhoushan	事體, 事幹 dated
	Wenzhou	事幹
Xiang	Changsha	路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事
Xiang	Shuangfeng	道路, 事

Derived terms

Related terms

事物 (shìwù)
事務／事务 (shìwù)
物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
物質／物质 (wùzhì)
現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	情
じ Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じじょー [jìjóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiʑo̞ː]

Noun

事(じ)情(じょう) • (jijō) ^{←じじやう (zizyau)^?}

circumstances
Synonym: 情勢 (jōsei)
reasons
Synonym: 理由 (riyū)

Derived terms

事(じ)情(じょう)通(つう) (jijōtsū)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	情

Noun

事情 • (sajeong) (hangeul 사정)

hanja form^? of 사정 (“reason; circumstance; situation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	情

Noun

事情

chữ Hán form of sự tình.

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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