有事

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Chinese

to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (有事) 有 事
simp. #(有事) 有 事

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 有 事
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 云久切 鉏吏切
Baxter hjuwX dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨuX/ /d͡ʒɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦiuX/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiəuX/ /d͡ʒieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuwX/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuX/ /d͡ʒiəH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭəuX/ /d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ə̯uX/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǒu zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau5 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 有 事
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǒu shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjuwX › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷəʔ/ /*rəʔ-s/
English have, exist serve; service, affair

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 有 事
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 15595 11486
Phonetic
component 		又 史
Rime
group 		之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		有 事
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷɯʔ/ /*zrɯs/
Notes 史吏轉註字

Verb

有事

  1. to have a matter to attend to; to have something to do; to be busy
    我剛好手邊有事。 [MSC, trad.]
    我刚好手边有事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì.
    I am in the middle of something.
  2. to have something on one's mind; to have something the matter
    他前段時間有事心煩，過一段時間就好了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他前段时间有事心烦，过一段时间就好了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā qián duàn shíjiān yǒushì xīnfán, guò yī duàn shíjiān jiù hǎo le.
    He was troubled some time ago, but he will be fine after a while.
  3. (of a problem or emergency) to arise; to happen
  4. to have a job; to be employed

Synonyms

  • ((of a problem or emergency) to arise):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有 事
ゆう
Grade: 3 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

有(ゆう)事(じ) • (yūji) 

  1. emergency, contingency
    有事(ゆうじ)の際(さい)のための法律(ほうりつ)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
    Yūji no sai no tame no hōritsu ga hitsuyō da.
    We need to set laws for times of national emergency.
    台湾(たいわん)有事(ゆうじ)
    Taiwan yūji
    contingency in Taiwan (usually referring to hypothetical invasion of Taiwan by PRC)
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