肇
事

To cause an accident in Chinese: 肇事 (zhào shì)

zhào shì

to cause an accident

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to cause an accident
  2. 2to be responsible for an incident
  3. 3to provoke a disturbance

Stroke order

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肇
事

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄠˋ

zhào

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 肇事的司机很快就被警察找到了。

    zhào shì de sī jī hěn kuài jiù bèi jǐng chá zhǎo dào le。

    The driver who caused the accident was quickly found by the police.

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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

好事

hǎo shì

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

本事

běn shì

source material

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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