從事

See also: 从事

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (從事)		從	事
simp. (从事)		从	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-sīr / chiông-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-shih⁴
    • Yale: tsúng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshyh
    • Palladius: цунши (cunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: chùhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/

Verb

從事

1. to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession)

   這位律師專門從事涉外貿易的業務。 [MSC, trad.]
   这位律师专门从事涉外贸易的业务。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè wèi lǜshī zhuānmén cóngshì shèwài màoyì de yèwù. [Pinyin]

   This lawyer exclusively practices in international trade matters.

2. to deal with; to handle

Synonyms

• (to deal with):

(deprecated template usage)

• 備辦／备办 (Hokkien)
• 受理 (shòulǐ)
• 審理／审理 (shěnlǐ)
• 張羅／张罗
• 打理 (dǎlǐ)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 擺劃／摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
• 料理 (liàolǐ)
• 清理 (qīnglǐ)
• 理 (lǐ)
• 經辦／经办 (jīngbàn)
• 處分／处分 (chǔfèn) (literary)
• 處決／处决 (chǔjué)
• 處理／处理
• 處置／处置 (chǔzhì)
• 辦理／办理 (bànlǐ)

 

Related terms

• 進行／进行 (jìnxíng)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 從事

1. (archaic) aide to a commandery governor, provincial governor or senior minister

Derived terms

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