事 shì

1. shì noun matter; thing; item
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 等 has a similar meaning to 事情 (ABC 'shì' n 1; Giles 1892 'shih'; Guoyu '事' n 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 1, p. 415; NCCED '事' 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
2. shì verb to serve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'shì' v 3; NCCED '事' 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
3. shì noun a government post
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事宦.
4. shì noun duty; post; work
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事务 (ABC 'shì' n 3; Guoyu '事' n 1; Kroll 2015 '事' 3, p. 415; NCCED '事' 6; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
5. shì noun occupation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 职业 (ABC 'shì' n 3; NCCED '事' 2).
6. shì noun cause; undertaking; enterprise; achievment
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事业 (ABC 'shì' n 4).
7. shì noun an accident
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事故 or 变故 (ABC 'shì' n 2; Guoyu '事' n 3; NCCED '事' 3).
8. shì verb to attend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侍奉 (Guoyu '事' v 1)
9. shì noun an allusion
   Domain: Literature 文学
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 典故 (Kroll 2015 '事' 4, p. 415).
10. shì noun a condition; a state; a situation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 情况. For example, For example, 实事求是 'to handle matters according to the actual situation' (CCI '实事求是'; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
11. shì verb to engage in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 从事 (ABC 'shì' v 2; Guoyu '事' v 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 2, p. 415; NCCED '事' 5).
12. shì verb to enslave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 插入 (Guoyu '事' v 3)
13. shì verb to pursue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 奉行.
14. shì verb to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 办理.
15. shì verb to appoint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 任用 (Kroll 2015 '事' 3a, p. 415)
16. shì measure word a piece
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 件 (Kroll 2015 '事' 6, p. 415)
17. shì noun thing; phenomena
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: artha, or: vastu, Pali: attha, Japanese: gi; an object in the phenomenal world (BCSD '事', p. 81; BL '事', p. 63; FGDB '事'; Kroll 2015 '事' 5, p. 415; MW 'artha'; Sharf 2017, p. 159)
18. shì noun actions; karma
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karma, Tibetan: las (BCSD '事', p. 81; Mahāvyutpatti 'karma')

Contained in

• 佛化事业(佛化事業) Buddhist undertakings
• 无我无人无世界 有事有理有众生(無我無人無世界 有事有理有眾生) There is no self, no people, no world; There is matter, reason, and sentient beings.
• 事外国沙门高座为师(事外國沙門高座為師) He served the foreign śramaṇa Gaozuo, taking him as his teacher.
• 叙事诗梵语(敘事詩梵語) Epic Sanskrit
• 事事无碍(事事無礙) mutual unobstructedness among phenomena
• 事业最胜(事業最勝) perfect endeavors
• 三好故事营(三好故事營) Three Acts of Goodness Story Camp
• 佛陀的故事(二) 修行与慈悲的启示(佛陀的故事(二) 修行與慈悲的啟示) Footprints in the Ganges - The Buddha's Stories on Cultivation and Compassion
• 目连问戒律中五百轻重事经(目連問戒律中五百輕重事經) Mulian Wen Jie Lu Zhong Wu Bai Qing Zhong Shi Jing
• 集沙门不应拜俗等事(集沙門不應拜俗等事) Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi
• 佛说摩登女解形中六事经(佛說摩登女解形中六事經) Mātangīsūtra; Fo Shuo Mo Deng Nu Jie Xing Zhong Liu Shi Jing
• 大天五事 five theses of Mahādeva
• 事相 phenomenon; esoteric practice
• 法华三昧行事运想补助仪(法華三昧行事運想補助儀) Fa Hua Sanmei Xingshi Yun Xiang Buzhu Yi

Also contained in

闯事 、 好汉做事好汉当 、 事界 、 听事 、 他事 、 事态发展 、 故事片 、 董事长 、 事儿 、 某事 、 无一事而不学，无一时而不学，无一处而不得 、 见事风生 、 民事诉讼 、 无事可做 、 重提旧事 、 于事无济 、 内部事务 、 做事 、 前事不忘，后事之师 、 懂事 、 服事 、 军事行动 、 安然无事 、 事实上 、 人事管理 、 当回事儿 、 军事家 、 纪事本末体 、 煞有介事 、 五三事件 、 事件视界 、 人事部门 、 提亲事 、 家事法庭 、 家务事 、 交通事故 、 物事

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 472
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 337
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 264
• Scroll 35 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 229
• Scroll 61 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 192
• Scroll 2 Huayan Fajie Xuan Jing 華嚴法界玄鏡 — count: 178
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 164
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 164
• Scroll 20 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 163
• Scroll 58 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 152

Collocations

• 如此事 (如此事) 道如此事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 24
• 礼事 (禮事) 當得供養恭敬禮事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
• 事异 (事異) 此事異 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 无数劫事 (無數劫事) 盡知過去無數劫事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 等事 (等事) 如是等事 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 直事 (直事) 直事沙門即會聖眾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 八事 (八事) 地動八事動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 宗事 (宗事) 汝聞跋祇國人宗事沙門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 事沙门 (事沙門) 汝聞跋祇國人宗事沙門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 过去事 (過去事) 亦知過去事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5