事 si⁶ {shì}

issue

事發〔-发〕 si⁶ faat³ {shì fā}

the incident that happened

事乾〔-干〕 si⁶ gon¹ {shì gān}

used in the sentence "Why are you looking for me? / what do you want"

事幹〔-干〕 si⁶ gon³ {shì gàn}

matter (as in "What's the matter?")

事實〔-实〕 si⁶ sat⁶ {shì shí}

reality; truth

事先 si⁶ sin¹ {shì xiān}

(adverb) Ahead

事頭〔-头〕 si⁶ tau² {shì tóu}

(n. / appellation) refers to the boss or the head of a department who is a man.

事主 si⁶ zyu² {shì zhǔ}

victim of a crime

事變〔-变〕 si⁶ bin³ {shì biàn}

1. incident
2. unforeseen event
3. events (in general)

事前 si⁶ cin⁴ {shì qián}

1. in advance
2. before the event

事情 si⁶ cing⁴ {shì qing}

1. affair
2. matter
3. thing
4. business
5. CL: 件,樁

事典 si⁶ din² {shì diǎn}

encyclopedia

事端 si⁶ dyun¹ {shì duān}

1. disturbance
2. incident

事奉 si⁶ fung⁶ {shì fèng}

to serve

事假 si⁶ gaa³ {shì jià}

leave of absence

事界 si⁶ gaai³ {shì jiè}

event horizon

事機〔-机〕 si⁶ gei¹ {shì jī}

1. confidential aspects of a matter
2. secrets
3. key moment for action

事件 si⁶ gin² {shì jiàn}

1. event
2. happening
3. incident
4. CL: 個

事故 si⁶ gu³ {shì gù}

1. accident
2. CL: 樁,起,次

事關〔-关〕 si⁶ gwaan¹ {shì guān}

1. to concern
2. on (some topic)
3. about
4. concerning
5. to have importance for

事後〔-后〕 si⁶ hau⁶ {shì hòu}

1. after the event
2. in hindsight
3. in retrospect

事項〔-项〕 si⁶ hong⁶ {shì xiàng}

1. matter
2. item

事由 si⁶ jau⁴ {shì yóu}

1. main content
2. matter
3. work
4. origin of an incident
5. cause
6. purpose
7. subject (of business letter)

事兒〔-儿〕 si⁶ ji⁴ {shì r}

1. one's employment
2. business
3. matter that needs to be settled
4. erhua variant of 事
5. CL: 件,樁

事宜 si⁶ ji⁴ {shì yí}

1. matters
2. arrangements

事業〔-业〕 si⁶ jip⁶ {shì yè}

1. undertaking
2. project
3. activity
4. (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
5. publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
6. career
7. occupation
8. CL: 個

事權〔-权〕 si⁶ kyun⁴ {shì quán}

1. position
2. authority
3. responsibility

事例 si⁶ lai⁶ {shì lì}

1. example
2. exemplar
3. typical case

事理 si⁶ lei⁵ {shì lǐ}

1. reason
2. logic

事略 si⁶ loek⁶ {shì lüè}

biographical sketch

事物 si⁶ mat⁶ {shì wù}

1. thing
2. object
3. CL: 個

事務〔-务〕 si⁶ mou⁶ {shì wù}

1. (political, economic etc) affairs
2. work
3. transaction (as in a computer database)

事勢〔-势〕 si⁶ sai³ {shì shì}

state of affairs

事實〔-实〕 si⁶ sat⁶ {shì shí}

1. fact
2. CL: 個

事事 si⁶ si⁶ {shì shì}

everything

事先 si⁶ sin¹ {shì xiān}

1. in advance
2. before the event
3. beforehand
4. prior

事態〔-态〕 si⁶ taai³ {shì tài}

1. situation
2. existing state of affairs

事體〔-体〕 si⁶ tai² {shì tǐ}

1. things
2. affairs
3. decorum

事跡〔-迹〕 si⁶ zik¹ {shì jì}

1. deed
2. past achievement
3. important event of the past

事證〔-证〕 si⁶ zing³ {shì zhèng}

evidence

事頭婆〔-头-〕 si⁶ tau⁴ po⁴ {shì tóu pó}

(n. / appellation) refers to the boss or the head of a department who is a female; refers to the boss' wife; a humuorous term to refer to the queen of England, namely Elizabeth II.

事發時〔-发时〕 si⁶ faat³ si⁴ {shì fā shí}

the time of the incident

事業心〔-业-〕 si⁶ jip⁶ sam¹ {shì yè xīn}

1. devotion to one's work
2. professional ambition

事業線〔-业线〕 si⁶ jip⁶ sin³ {shì yè xiàn}

1. (slang) cleavage
2. (palmistry) business line

事求是 si⁶ kau⁴ si⁶ {shì qiú shì}

to seek the truth from facts

事務所〔-务-〕 si⁶ mou⁶ so² {shì wù suǒ}

business office

事實婚〔-实-〕 si⁶ sat⁶ fan¹ {shì shí hūn}

1. common-law marriage
2. de facto marriage

事實上〔-实-〕 si⁶ sat⁶ soeng⁶ {shì shí shàng}

1. in fact
2. in reality
3. actually
4. as a matter of fact
5. de facto
6. ipso facto

事出有因 si⁶ ceot¹ jau⁵ jan¹ {shì chū yǒu yīn}

There's reason for everything

事後孔明〔-后--〕 si⁶ hau⁶ hung² ming⁴ {shì hòu Kǒng míng}

hindsight

事不關己〔--关-〕 si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei² {shì bù guān jǐ}

a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)

事不宜遲〔---迟〕 si⁶ bat¹ ji⁴ ci⁴ {shì bù yí chí}

1. the matter should not be delayed
2. there's no time to lose

事必躬親〔---亲〕 si⁶ bit¹ gung¹ can¹ {shì bì gōng qīn}

to attend to everything personally

事必有兆 si⁶ bit¹ jau⁵ siu⁶ {shì bì yǒu zhào}

future events always have an omen (idiom)

事半功倍 si⁶ bun³ gung¹ pui⁵ {shì bàn gōng bèi}

1. half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
2. a stitch in time saves nine

事情要做 si⁶ cing⁴ jiu³ zou⁶ {shì qíng yào zuò}

1. work that needs to be done
2. business that needs to be attended to

事到今日 si⁶ dou³ gam¹ jat⁶ {shì dào jīn rì}

1. under the circumstances
2. the matter having come to that point

事到如今 si⁶ dou³ jyu⁴ gam¹ {shì dào rú jīn}

1. as matters stand
2. things having reached this stage

事到臨頭〔--临头〕 si⁶ dou³ lam⁴ tau⁴ {shì dào lín tóu}

when things come to a head (idiom)

事發地點〔-发-点〕 si⁶ faat³ dei⁶ dim² {shì fā dì diǎn}

the scene of the incident

事故照射 si⁶ gu³ ziu³ se⁶ {shì gù zhào shè}

accidental exposure

事過境遷〔-过-迁〕 si⁶ gwo³ ging² cin¹ {shì guò jìng qiān}

1. The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
2. It is water under the bridge.

事後聰明〔-后聪-〕 si⁶ hau⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ {shì hòu cōng ming}

wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

事業有成〔-业--〕 si⁶ jip⁶ jau⁵ sing⁴ {shì yè yǒu chéng}

1. to be successful in business
2. professional success

事與願違〔-与愿违〕 si⁶ jyu⁵ jyun⁶ wai⁴ {shì yǔ yuàn wéi}

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

事無巨細〔-无-细〕 si⁶ mou⁴ geoi⁶ sai³ {shì wú jù xì}

1. lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
2. fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance

事務繁忙〔-务--〕 si⁶ mou⁶ faan⁴ mong⁴ {shì wù fán máng}

1. busy
2. bustling

事務律師〔-务-师〕 si⁶ mou⁶ leot⁶ si¹ {shì wù lǜ shī}

solicitor (law)

事危累卵 si⁶ ngai⁴ leoi⁵ leon² {shì wēi lěi luǎn}

lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

事怕行家 si⁶ paa³ hong⁴ gaa¹ {shì pà háng jiā}

an expert always produces the best work (idiom)

事倍功半 si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³ {shì bèi gōng bàn}

twice the effort for half the result

事實求是〔-实--〕 si⁶ sat⁶ kau⁴ si⁶ {shì shí qiú shì}

to seek the truth from facts

事先通知 si⁶ sin¹ tung¹ zi¹ {shì xiān tōng zhī}

1. preliminary notification
2. to announce in advance

事態發展〔-态发-〕 si⁶ taai³ faat³ zin² {shì tài fā zhǎn}

course of events

事在人為〔---为〕 si⁶ zoi⁶ jan⁴ wai⁴ {shì zài rén wéi}

1. the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
2. With effort, one can achieve anything.

事急馬行田〔--马--〕 si⁶ gap¹ maa⁵ haang⁴ tin⁴ {shì jí mǎ xíng tián}

a Cantonese idiom which describes someone who is flexible enough to adapt to the circumstances of an emergency situation

事後諸葛亮〔-后诸--〕 si⁶ hau⁶ zyu¹ got³ loeng⁶ {shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng}

a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20

事務所律師〔-务--师〕 si⁶ mou⁶ so² leot⁶ si¹ {shì wù suǒ lǜ shī}

office lawyer

事件相關電位〔---关电-〕 si⁶ gin² soeng¹ gwaan¹ din⁶ wai² {shì jiàn xiāng guān diàn wèi}

event-related potential

事實勝於雄辯〔-实胜于-辩〕 si⁶ sat⁶ sing³ jyu¹ hung⁴ bin⁶ {shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn}

Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)

事不關己，己不勞心〔--关----劳-〕 si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei², gei² bat¹ lou⁴ sam¹ {shì bù guān jǐ , jǐ bù láo xīn}

lit. if it's not my business, should not be on my mind, meaning never mind other's business

事不關己，高高掛起〔--关----挂-〕 si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei² ，gou¹ gou¹ gwaa³ hei² {shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ}

to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)