行事

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Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (行事)		行	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-sū / hêng-sīr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-shih⁴
  - Yale: syíng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshyh
  - Palladius: синши (sinši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    刑事
    型式
    形勢／形势
    形式
    行事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: hàhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hang² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengsu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/

Verb

行事

(literary) to take action; to act
誠信行事／诚信行事 ― chéngxìn xíngshì ― to act in good faith

Synonyms

事事 (shìshì) (literary)
做事 (zuòshì)
取事 (qǔshì) (literary)
幹事／干事 (gànshì)
治事 (zhìshì) (literary)
辦事／办事 (bànshì)

Noun

行事

(literary) behaviour; conduct

Synonyms

舉止／举止 (jǔzhǐ)
行為／行为 (xíngwéi)
作為／作为 (zuòwéi)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行事):

→ Japanese: 行事(ぎょうじ) (gyōji)
→ Korean: 행사(行事) (haengsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	事
ぎょう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
行司

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎょーじ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) ぎょーじ (Odaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

行(ぎょう)事(じ) • (gyōji)

function, event

References

^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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