事

Radical: 亅

meaning for 事 shì:

  • - matter
  • - thing
  • - item
  • - work
  • - affair
  • - Classifiers: 件 affair
  • - matter
  • - thing
  • - business
  • - Classifiers: 件 undertaking
  • - project
  • - activity
  • - (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  • - publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  • - career
  • - occupation
  • - Classifiers: 个 military affairs
  • - military matters
  • - militaryfact
  • - Classifiers: 个 event
  • - happening
  • - incident
  • - Classifiers: 个
wǒyǒu我有
shì事
xūyào需要
qǐngjià请假
yìtiān一天
。

I need to take a day off for some personal matters.

zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
dàodǐ到底
yǒu有
duō多
yánzhòng严重
ne呢
？

How serious is this matter, after all?

tā他
hǎoxiàng好像
duì对
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
wúsuǒwèi无所谓
。

He seems indifferent to this matter.

jìrán既然
zhè这
shì事
héhū合乎
chángqíng常情
，
wǒ我
bù不
fǎnduì反对
。

Since this is a sensible thing to do, I have no objections.

nǐ你
duì对
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
fùyǒu负有
zérèn责任
。

You are responsible for this matter.