肇事

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (肇事)		肇	事
simp. #(肇事)		肇	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiǎu-sīr / tiāu-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao⁶ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jàu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshyh
    • Palladius: чжаоши (čžaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jàu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshell
    • Palladius: чжаошир (čžaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: siuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauxsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao⁶ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siău sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

肇事

1. (intransitive) to cause trouble; to create a disturbance

Synonyms

• 惹禍／惹祸 (rěhuò)
• 戳拐 (cuah⁴ guai²) (Jin)
• 撩禍／撩祸 (liàu-huā) (Northern Min)
• 撞禍／撞祸 (zhuànghuò) (literary)
• 生禍／生祸 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 肇禍／肇祸 (zhàohuò)
• 闖禍／闯祸 (chuǎnghuò)

 

Derived terms

• 肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)
• 肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì)