有事

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Chinese

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to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (有事)
simp. #(有事)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (35) (20)
Final () (136) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjuwX dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨuX/ /d͡ʒɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiuX/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəuX/ /d͡ʒieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuwX/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuX/ /d͡ʒiəH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəuX/ /d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯uX/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒu zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau5 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒu shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjuwX › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/ /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English have, exist serve; service, affair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 15595 11486
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯʔ/ /*zrɯs/
Notes

Verb

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有事

  1. to have a matter to attend to; to have something to do; to be busy
    剛好手邊有事 [MSC, trad.]
    刚好手边有事 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì. [Pinyin]
    I am in the middle of something. [lit. I have things to do at hand.]
  2. to have something on one's mind; to have something the matter
    時間有事心煩時間 [MSC, trad.]
    时间有事心烦时间 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qián duàn shíjiān yǒushì xīnfán, guò yī duàn shíjiān jiù hǎo le. [Pinyin]
    He was troubled some time ago, but he will be fine after a while.
  3. (of a problem or emergency) to arise; to happen
  4. to have a job; to be employed

Synonyms

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  • ((of a problem or emergency) to arise):
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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

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(ゆう)() (yūji

  1. emergency, contingency
    有事(ゆうじ)(さい)ため法律(ほうりつ)必要(ひつよう)
    Yūji no sai no tame no hōritsu ga hitsuyō da.
    We need to set laws for times of national emergency.
    台湾(たいわん)有事(ゆうじ)
    Taiwan yūji
    contingency in Taiwan (usually referring to hypothetical invasion of Taiwan by PRC)