更事

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (更事)		更	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: gēng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengshyh
    • Palladius: гэнши (gɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang¹ si⁶
    • Yale: gāng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/

Verb

更⫽事 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (literary) to recur; to happen again
2. (literary) to experience

   • 楊師道性純善，自無愆過，而情實怯懦，未甚更事，急緩不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     杨师道性纯善，自无愆过，而情实怯懦，未甚更事，急缓不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE

     Yáng Shīdào xìng chún shàn, zì wú qiānguò, ér qíng shí qiènuò, wèi shèn gēngshì, jíhuǎn bùkě délì. [Pinyin]

     Yang Shidao is pure and kind in nature and has not a transgression, but he is in fact cowardly, inexperienced in handling matters, and ineffective in times of crisis.

Noun

更事

1. (literary) common occurrence, routine

   Synonyms: 家常便飯／家常便饭 (jiāchángbiànfàn), 常規／常规 (chángguī)

References

• 更事 in ZDIC