來事

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Chinese

		to come	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (來事)		來	事
simp. (来事)		来	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láishì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶le-zy₆ / ²le-zy₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láishìh
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-shih⁴
  - Yale: lái-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishyh
  - Palladius: лайши (lajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    來世／来世
    來勢／来势
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (來事兒／来事儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láishìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láishìhr
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: lái-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishell
  - Palladius: лайшир (lajšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-zy₆
  - MiniDict: le^去 zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-zr₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² zz̩⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²le-zy₆
  - MiniDict: le^平 zy^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /le²² zz̩³³/

Verb

來事

(Mandarin, colloquial) to know how to deal with people
(colloquial, euphemistic) to be on one's period

Adjective

來事

(Northern Wu) OK; alright
(Northern Wu) capable; competant

Synonyms

(OK):

Dialectal synonyms of 行 (“OK”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		行
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	行
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	行
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	中
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得
Cantonese	Hong Kong	得
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	來三, 來事
Wu	Suzhou	來三

(deal with people): 識做／识做

Derived terms

來事兒／来事儿 (láishìr)
來事可追也，往事不可及／来事可追也，往事不可及

See also

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