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事 — matter; thing; item

matter; thing; item; work; affair

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 事: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

事 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 事 in the HSK syllabus: 55

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 没事méishìit's not important; it's nothing; never mindHSK 1
  2. 事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affairHSK 1
  3. 事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; businessHSK 2
  4. 故事gùshinarrative; story; taleHSK 3
  5. 同事tóngshìcolleague; co-workerHSK 3
  6. 办事bànshìto handle; to workHSK 4
  7. 从事cóngshìto go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal withHSK 5
  8. 大事dàshìmajor event; major political eventHSK 5
  9. 事故shìgùaccidentHSK 5
  10. 事件shìjiànincident; eventHSK 5
  11. 事实shìshífactHSK 5
  12. 事物shìwùthing; objectHSK 5
  13. 事先shìxiānin advance; before the event; beforehand; priorHSK 5
  14. 事业shìyèundertaking; project; activity; causeHSK 5
  15. 启事qǐshìannouncement; to post information; a noticeHSK 6
  16. 人事rénshìpersonnel; human resources; human affairsHSK 6
  17. 赛事sàishìcompetitionHSK 6
  18. 事后shìhòuafter the event; in hindsight; in retrospectHSK 6
  19. 事务shìwùaffairs; work; transactionHSK 6
  20. 事项shìxiàngmatter; itemHSK 6
  21. 喜事xǐshìhappy occasion; weddingHSK 6
  22. 碍事àishìto be in the way; to be a hindranceHSK 7–9
  23. 办事处bànshìchùoffice; agency; bureauHSK 7–9
  24. 本事běnshiability; skillHSK 7–9
  25. 处事chǔshìto handle affairs; to deal with mattersHSK 7–9
  26. 当事人dāngshìrénpersons involved or implicated; partyHSK 7–9
  27. 董事dǒngshìboard memberHSK 7–9
  28. 懂事dǒngshìto grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the worldHSK 7–9
  29. 董事会dǒngshìhuìboard of directorsHSK 7–9
  30. 董事长dǒngshìzhǎngchairman of the board of directorsHSK 7–9
  31. 干事gànshiadministrator; executive secretaryHSK 7–9
  32. 公事gōngshìwork-related matters; documentsHSK 7–9
  33. 军事jūnshìmilitary affairs; militaryHSK 7–9
  34. 理事lǐshìmember of council; to take care of mattersHSK 7–9
  35. 领事lǐngshìconsulHSK 7–9
  36. 领事馆lǐngshìguǎnconsulateHSK 7–9
  37. 民事mínshìcivil case; agricultural affairs; civilHSK 7–9
  38. 闹事nàoshìto cause trouble; to create a disturbanceHSK 7–9
  39. 省事shěngshìto simplify matters; to save troubleHSK 7–9
  40. 失事shīshìto have an accident; to mess things upHSK 7–9

And 15 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.