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善事

善事

Chinese

		good	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (善事)		善	事

Noun

善事

good deed (Classifier: 件 m)

Verb

善事

(archaic) to be of good service to; to serve someone well

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): siān-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: sihn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn²² siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: san sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /san⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-sū
  - Tâi-lô: siān-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/