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往事

往事

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (往事)		往	事

Noun

往事

past events; things in the past; the past

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǎngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): óng-sīr / óng-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: wóhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: óng-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sū
  - Tâi-lô: óng-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/