一事

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (一事)		一	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshì [Phonetic: yíshì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishìh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: yī-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyh
    • Palladius: иши (iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: yāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Noun

一事

1. (dialectal) related (organizationally or professionally); belonging to the same organization

   你們都是一事嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你们都是一事吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen dōu shì yīshì ma? [Pinyin]

   Are you all together?

   這兩家公司其實是一事。 [MSC, trad.]
   这两家公司其实是一事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liǎng jiā gōngsī qíshí shì yīshì. [Pinyin]

   The two firms are actually one and the same outfit.

Derived terms

• 一事無成／一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)
• 不因一事，不長一智／不因一事，不长一智
• 不經一事，不長一智／不经一事，不长一智 (bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì)
• 九一一事件
• 多一事不如少一事 (duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì)
• 多一事不如省一事
• 沒一事不可對人言／没一事不可对人言

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	事
いち Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いち​じ [ìchíꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑi]

Noun

一(いち)事(じ) • (ichiji) 

1. one thing