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Current trends in Chinese: 时事 (shí shì)

shí shì

current trends

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 時事1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1current trends; the present situation; how things are going

Stroke order

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时
事

Zhuyin

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ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

时事

Simplified

時事

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 爷爷每天看报，很关心时事。

    yé ye měi tiān kàn bào， hěn guān xīn shí shì。

    Grandpa reads the paper daily and cares about current affairs.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

时

shí

o'clock

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

事情

shì qing

affair

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

及时

jí shí

timely

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

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