用事

Chinese

		to use	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (用事)		用	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yùng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqshyh
    • Palladius: юнши (junši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: yuhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² siː²²/

Verb

用事

1. (literary) to hold power
2. (literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature
3. to manage affairs; to get things done

Derived terms

• 意氣用事 / 意气用事 (yìqìyòngshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	事
よう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

用(よう)事(じ) • (yōji) 

1. errand; business

   用事(ようじ)があって出席(しゅっせき)できません。

   Yōji ga atte shusseki dekimasen.

   I have a previous appointment and can not attend the meeting.

   あしたちょっと用事(ようじ)があるんです。

   Ashita chotto yōji ga aru n desu.

   I have other things to do tomorrow.

Synonyms

• 用(よう) (yō)
• 要件(ようけん) (yōken)

References

• “用事”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.