VocabularyHSK 3 · core

事

shì

matter, affair

Part of speech · noun

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事matter

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Examples

我有事。
I have something to do.
什么事?
What's up? / What is it?

Collocations

有事没事什么事事情

Mnemonic

事 shì "matter, affair, thing" — short form. 事情 shìqing is the longer/more conversational form. 没事 "it\'s nothing / I\'m OK" is a common response to apologies (= 没关系).

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Natural response to "对不起"?