事情

• 拼音: shì qing
• 汉字拆解: 事 = hand holding a writing instrument, meaning 'affair/thing'; 情 = 忄(heart) + 青 (green/blue, phonetic), meaning 'feeling/situation'

含义

Thing; matter; affair. An event, task, or issue that concerns someone.

One of the most common nouns in Chinese, covering events, tasks, incidents, and issues. Differs from 东西 (physical object). Often used with measure word 件: 一件事情. Can be shortened to 事 in casual speech. Appears in many daily expressions like 没事 (it's nothing) and 有事 (something came up).

例句

1. 我有一件事情想告诉你。
2. 这件事情很重要。
3. 别担心，事情会好起来的。

用法指南

语境: everyday conversation, work, personal matters

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你在忙什么事情？(What are you busy with?)
• 昨天发生了一件有趣的事情。(An interesting thing happened yesterday.)

错误说法

• 不要把事情和东西混淆 (Don't confuse 事情 with 东西 — 事情 refers to matters, events, or tasks, while 东西 refers to physical objects)

起源与历史

事 (shì, affair/matter) + 情 (qíng, feeling/situation). Literally 'the state of an affair,' covering the full scope of a matter or event.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal