私
事

Personal matters in Chinese: 私事 (sī shì)

sī shì

personal matters

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1personal matters

Stroke order

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私
事

Zhuyin

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ㄙ

sī

ㄙ/ s—/ first tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这是我的私事，请别多问。

    zhè shì wǒ de sī shì， qǐng bié duō wèn。

    This is my personal business, please don't ask so much.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

从事

cóng shì

to go for

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

人事

rén shì

personnel

事实

shì shí

fact

事物

shì wù

thing

事先

shì xiān

in advance

私人

sī rén

private

自私

zì sī

selfish

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