Matter in Chinese: 事 (shì)

shì

matter

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1matter
  2. 2thing
  3. 3item
  4. 4work
  5. 5affair

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ㄕˋ

shì

/ shˋ/ fourth tone

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  • 我今天有很多事。

    wǒ jīn tiān yǒu hěn duō shì。

    I have a lot of things to do today.

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