敘事

See also: 敍事 and 叙事

Chinese

		narrate	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (敘事/敍事)		敘/敍	事
simp. (叙事)		叙	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sū-sū / sīr-sīr / sī-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su⁶ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: syù-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhshyh
    • Palladius: сюйши (sjujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: jeuih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sī-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixsu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su⁶ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭ sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

敘事

1. to narrate; to recount

   生動地敘事／生动地叙事  ―  shēngdòng de xùshì  ―  to narrate vividly

   敘事媒介／叙事媒介  ―  xùshì méijiè  ―  narrative media

   視覺敘事／视觉叙事  ―  shìjué xùshì  ―  visual narrative

Synonyms

• (literary) 陳事／陈事 (chénshì)

Derived terms

• 敘事學／叙事学 (xùshìxué)
• 敘事詩／叙事诗 (xùshìshī)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (敘事):

• → Japanese: 叙(じょ)事(じ) (joji)
• → Korean: 서사(敍事) (seosa)
• → Vietnamese: tự sự (敍事)