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 meaning; phenomena
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: artha, Pali: attha, Japanese: gi; an object in the phenomenal world (BL '事', p. 63; BCSD '事', p. 81; 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

• 事业手印(事業手印) action seal; karmamudrā
• 本生之事 jātaka; a jātaka story
• 事师法五十颂(事師法五十頌) Gurupañcāśikā; Fifty Verses in the Service of Teachers
• 四十单职事(四十單職事) forty-eight monastic posts in a Chan monastery
• 四事供养; 1. 饮食 2. 衣服 3. 卧具 4. 汤药(四事供養; 1. 飲食 2. 衣服 3. 臥具 4. 湯藥) Four Offerings: 1. Food and drink; 2. Clothing; 3. Bedding; 4. Medicine
• 我事 myself
• 事能知足心常泰 人到无求品自高(事能知足心常泰 人到無求品自高) A contented mind is a perpetual feast; A mind bereft of desire naturally makes one noble.
• 众缘成就平安福 诸事圆满全家欢(眾緣成就平安福 諸事圓滿全家歡) Favorable outcomes are our greatest blessings; All goals fulfilled makes a family joyful.
• 药事(藥事) Bhaiṣajyavastu

Also contained in

隔军事分界线 、 指事字 、 公共事业 、 事怕行家 、 惹事生非 、 红白喜事 、 秀才不出门，能知天下事 、 莅事者 、 董事会 、 不事张扬 、 事过境迁 、 事界 、 纪事本末 、 军事化 、 料事如神 、 军事部门 、 床笫之事 、 征求启事 、 急事 、 事实上 、 事态 、 事实求是 、 事奉 、 因人成事 、 无济于事 、 干事 、 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全 、 事端 、 滋事 、 军事教育 、 煞有介事 、 军事政变 、 诸凡百事 、 叙事歌剧 、 家事 、 私事 、 事关 、 惨事 、 人身事故 、 往事已矣 、 欲善其事，必先利其器 、 无事可做

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 474
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 338
• 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: 165
• 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 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 24
• 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: 11
• 承事 (承事) 其諸弟子不恭敬承事 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 9
• 事异 (事異) 此事異 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 礼事 (禮事) 當得供養恭敬禮事 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
• 直事 (直事) 直事沙門即會聖眾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 无数劫事 (無數劫事) 盡知過去無數劫事 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 八事 (八事) 地動八事動 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 事供养 (事供養) 使諸弟子不復恭敬承事供養 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 6
• 宗事 (宗事) 汝聞跋祇國人宗事沙門 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6