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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 事情

1. (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  ―  zhǎodào 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.

2. (uncountable) job; task; work

   找事情做  ―  zhǎo shìqíng zuò  ―  to look for work

3. (uncountable) mistake; accident

   出事情  ―  chū shìqíng  ―  to make a mistake

Synonyms

• (matter): 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
	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
	Shuangfeng	道路, 事

Related terms

• 事務／事务 (shìwù)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

事(じ)情(じょう) • (jijō) 

1. circumstances
2. reasons

Synonyms

• (circumstances): 情勢(じょうせい) (jōsei)
• (reasons): 理由(りゆう) (riyū)

Derived terms

• 事情通(じじょうつう) (jijōtsū)

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
事	情

Noun

事情 • (sajeong) (hangeul 사정)

1. Hanja form^? of 사정 (“reason; circumstance; situation”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	情

Noun

事情

1. chữ Hán form of sự tình.