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時事

時事

See also: 时事

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (時事)		時	事
simp. (时事)		时	事

Noun

時事

current affairs

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	事
じ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

時事 ‎(hiragana じじ, romaji jiji)

current events; current affairs

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shíshì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): sî-sū / sî-sīr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shíshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    實事／实事
    實是／实是
    時世／时世
    時事／时事
    時勢／时势
    時式／时式
    石室
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: sìh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siiˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si² si⁴
  - IPA: /sɨ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sî-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sisu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi¹³⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²³⁻³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sî-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/