用事

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Chinese

		to use	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (用事)		用	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yung⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: yùng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqshyh
  - Palladius: юнши (junši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: yuhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² siː²²/

Verb

用事

(literary) to hold power
(literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature
to manage affairs; to get things done

Derived terms

意氣用事／意气用事 (yìqìyòngshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	事
よう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

用(よう)事(じ) • (yōji)

errand; business
用事(ようじ)があって出席(しゅっせき)できません。
Yōji ga atte shusseki dekimasen.
I have a previous appointment and can not attend the meeting.

あしたちょっと用事(ようじ)があるんです。
Ashita chotto yōji ga aru n desu.
I have other things to do tomorrow.

Synonyms

用(よう) (yō)
要件(ようけん) (yōken)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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