Chinese

Noun

事情

1. (countable) affair; matter; something   (Classifier: 件)

   我要去辦點事情了。 [MSC, trad.]

   我要去办点事情了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yào qù bàn diǎn shìqíng le. [Pinyin]

   I need to go take care of something.

   事情發生在去年夏天。 [MSC, trad.]

   事情发生在去年夏天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìqíng fāshēng zài qùnián xiàtiān. [Pinyin]

   It happened last summer.

Derived terms

See also

• (Cantonese) 嘢 (yě)
• (Min Nan) 代誌／代志 (tāi-chì)
• (Wu) 事體／事体

Japanese

Noun

事情 ‎(hiragana じじょう, romaji jijō)

1. circumstances
2. reasons

Synonyms

• (circumstances): 情勢 (じょうせい) ‎(jōsei)
• (reasons): 理由 (りゆう) ‎(riyū)

Compounds

• 事情通 (じじょうつう) ‎(jijōtsū)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.