有事

Chinese

		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)		有	事
simp. #(有事)		有	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushìh
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyh
    • Palladius: юши (juši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 有事 有識／有识

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: yáuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sū
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Verb

有事

1. to have a matter to attend to; to have something to do; to be busy

   我剛好手邊有事。 [MSC, trad.]
   我刚好手边有事。 [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
3. to arise; to happen (of a problem or emergency)
4. to have a job; to be employed

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	事
ゆう Grade: 3	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

有(ゆう)事(じ) • (yūji) 

1. emergency, contingency

   有事(ゆうじ)の際(さい)のための法律(ほうりつ)が必要(ひつよう)だ。

   Yūji no sai no tame no hōritsu ga hitsuyō da.

   We need to set laws for times of national emergency.