事 · shì · matter
Learn the Chinese character 事 with its source-linked HSK 1 status, pronunciation, one concise learning meaning, stroke order, real HSK words, and published learning contexts.
Writing guide
How to use the writing tool
- 1. WatchSee the stroke order for 事.
- 2. TraceFollow the guided strokes to build the movement.
- 3. WriteWrite from memory and receive feedback.
HSK vocabulary
Words with 事
Source-linked HSK vocabulary records that contain 事.
Linked HSK vocabulary
- 没事méishìit's not important
- 事shìmatter
- 事情shìqingaffair
- 故事gùshiold practice
- 同事tóngshìcolleague
- 办事bànshìto handle (affairs)
- 从事cóngshìto go for
- 大事dàshìmajor event
- 事故shìgùaccident
- 事件shìjiànincident
- 事实shìshífact
- 事物shìwùthing
- 事先shìxiānin advance
- 事业shìyèundertaking
- 启事qǐshìannouncement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
- 人事rénshìpersonnel
- 赛事sàishìcompetition (e.g. sporting)
- 事后shìhòuafter the event
- 事务shìwù(political, economic etc) affairs
- 事项shìxiàngmatter
- 喜事xǐshìhappy occasion
- 碍事àishìto be in the way
- 办事处bànshìchùoffice
- 本事běnshisource material
- 处事chǔshìto handle affairs
- 当事人dāngshìrénpersons involved or implicated
- 董事dǒngshìboard member
- 懂事dǒngshìto grow beyond the naivete of childhood
- 董事会dǒngshìhuìboard of directors
- 董事长dǒngshìzhǎngchairman of the board of directors
- 干事gànshiadministrator
- 公事gōngshìwork-related matters
- 军事jūnshìmilitary affairs
- 理事lǐshìmember of council
- 领事lǐngshìconsul
- 领事馆lǐngshìguǎnconsulate
- 民事mínshìcivil case
- 闹事nàoshìto cause trouble
- 省事shěngshìto simplify matters
- 失事shīshìto mess things up
- 时事shíshìcurrent trends
- 实事求是shíshì-qiúshìlit. to seek truth from facts (idiom)
- 事迹shìjìnotable deeds
- 事态shìtàisituation
- 事务所shìwùsuǒbusiness office
- 事宜shìyímatters
- 私事sīshìpersonal matters
- 往事wǎngshìpast events
- 无济于事wújìyúshì(idiom) to no avail
- 无所事事wúsuǒshìshìto have nothing to do
- 心事xīnshìa load on one's mind
- 心想事成xīnxiǎng-shìchéng(idiom) to have one's wishes come true
- 刑事xíngshìcriminal
- 一事无成yíshì-wúchéng(idiom) to have achieved nothing
- 肇事zhàoshìto cause an accident
Real usage
Example sentences with 事
Published HSK 1 course contexts only. Each sentence links back to the lesson that owns it.
No accepted HSK 1 course context containing 事 is indexed yet. This page does not generate example sentences.
Character questions
About 事
Short answers based on the sources identified on this page.
What does 事 mean in Chinese?
事 is listed here with the concise learning meaning: matter.
How do you pronounce 事?
事 is shown as shì.
Is 事 an HSK 1 character?
Yes. 事 is HSK 1 recognition character #160.
Can I practise writing 事?
Yes. Use Watch, Trace, or Write above.
Learning details
- HSK 1 recognition
- HSK 1 handwriting practice
- 55 linked HSK words
- Audio available
Content transparency
Sources and editorial policy
- HSK placement: HSK 1 recognition character #160.
- Writing scope: HSK 1 handwriting practice.
- Meaning and pronunciation: CC-CEDICT and linked HSK vocabulary data, shown as supplemental learning metadata.
- Vocabulary: source-linked HSK vocabulary records, each linked to its published HSK vocabulary page.
- Example sentences: published course contexts only; this page does not generate new example sentences.
- Stroke-order practice: HanziWriter character data. This is a source-linked learning reference, not an official HSK publication.