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Chinese
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from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
| trad. (從事)
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從
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事
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| simp. (从事)
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从
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事
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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從
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事
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| Reading #
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1/3
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cóng
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzjowng ›
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‹ dzriH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*oŋ/
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/*rəʔ-s/
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| English
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to follow
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serve; service, affair
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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從
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事
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| Reading #
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2/3
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2/2
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| No.
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1858
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11486
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Phonetic
component
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从
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史
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Rime
group
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東
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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從
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事
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Old
Chinese
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/*zloŋ/
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/*zrɯs/
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| Notes
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史吏轉註字
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Verb
從事
- to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession); to do (work)
這位律師專門從事涉外貿易的業務。 [MSC, trad.]
这位律师专门从事涉外贸易的业务。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè wèi lǜshī zhuānmén cóngshì shèwài màoyì de yèwù.
- This lawyer exclusively practices in international trade matters.
大家都是從事哪些具體工作的？ [MSC, trad.]
大家都是从事哪些具体工作的？ [MSC, simp.]- Dàjiā dōu shì cóngshì nǎxiē jùtǐ gōngzuò de?
- Specifically what kind of work is everybody doing?
- to deal with; to handle
Synonyms
- (to engage in): (literary, or in compounds) 就 (jiù)
- (to deal with):
Derived terms
Noun
從事
- (archaic) aide to a commandery governor, provincial governor or senior minister
Derived terms