事兒

See also: 事儿

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (事兒)		事	兒
simp. (事儿)		事	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shìr

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋㄦ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыр (sɨr, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhr
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shell
    • Palladius: шир (šir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыр (sɨr, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: sih yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 事兒 / 事儿 事宜

Noun

事兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 事 (shì, “thing; matter”). (Classifier: 件; 樁／桩)

   他們在談正經事兒，別打岔。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们在谈正经事儿，别打岔。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen zài tán zhèngjing shìr, bié dǎchà. [Pinyin]

   Don't interrupt them; they're talking business

   就為這麼一點兒事兒生氣，值當的嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   就为这么一点儿事儿生气，值当的吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Jiù wèi zhème yīdiǎnr shìr shēngqì, zhídàng de ma? [Pinyin]

   Is it worth getting angry over such a little thing?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 事情 (“affair; matter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		事
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		事情, 事
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	事兒
	Taiwan	事
	Malaysia	事
	Singapore	事情, 事
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	事兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	事情, 事
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	事情, 事
	Wuhan	事情, 事
	Guilin	事情, 事
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	事情, 事
	Hefei	事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事, 事幹
	Hong Kong	事, 事幹
	Yangjiang	事, 事幹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	事
	Penang (Guangfu)	事
	Singapore (Guangfu)	事
Gan	Nanchang	事
Hakka	Meixian	事情, 事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	事情
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	事情
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	事情
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	事情
Jin	Taiyuan	事情, 事
Northern Min	Jian'ou	事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	事計, 事
	Minqing	事計
	Singapore (Fuqing)	事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	代誌, 物件
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	代誌
	Quanzhou	代誌
	Jinjiang	代誌
	Shishi	代誌
	Zhangzhou	代誌, 物件
	Zhao'an	事
	Dongshan	代誌
	Taipei	代誌
	Kaohsiung	代誌
	Yilan	代誌
	Changhua (Lukang)	代誌
	Taichung	代誌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	代誌
	Tainan	代誌
	Taitung	代誌
	Hsinchu	代誌
	Penghu (Magong)	代誌
	Penang (Hokkien)	代誌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	代誌
	Manila (Hokkien)	代誌
	Chaozhou	事
	Shantou	事
	Jieyang	事
	Haifeng	事
	Singapore (Teochew)	事
	Wenchang	事
	Qionghai	事
	Singapore (Hainanese)	事
Puxian Min	Putian	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Xianyou (Fengting)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou (Youyang)	事體, 代誌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	事幹
Wu	Shanghai	事體
	Suzhou	事體
	Hangzhou	花頭
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	事體
	Ningbo	事體, 事幹 dated
	Zhoushan	事體, 事幹 dated
	Wenzhou	事幹
Xiang	Changsha	路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事
	Shuangfeng	道路, 事

Adjective

事兒

1. (Beijing Mandarin) fussy; pernickety; troublesome

   他這人特事兒。／他这人特事儿。  ―  Tā zhè rén tè shìr.  ―  He is a very fussy person.