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Chinese
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to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
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matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
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trad. (有事)
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有
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事
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simp. #(有事)
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有
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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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有
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事
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yǒu
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shì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hjuwX ›
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‹ dzriH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷəʔ/
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/*rəʔ-s/
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English
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have, exist
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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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有
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事
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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No.
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15595
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11486
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Phonetic component
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又
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史
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Rime group
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之
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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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有
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事
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Old Chinese
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/*ɢʷɯʔ/
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/*zrɯs/
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Notes
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史吏轉註字
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Verb
有事
- 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.
- 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.
- (of a problem or emergency) to arise; to happen
- to have a job; to be employed
Synonyms
- ((of a problem or emergency) to arise):
- 出事 (chūshì)
- 失事 (shīshì)
- 著㧣 / 着㧣 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 著窒 / 着窒 (Hokkien)
- 著觸 / 着触 (Min Nan)
Derived terms
Japanese
Noun
有事 • (yūji)
- emergency, contingency
- 有事の際のための法律が必要だ。
- Yūji no sai no tame no hōritsu ga hitsuyō da.
- We need to set laws for times of national emergency.
- 台湾有事
- Taiwan yūji
- contingency in Taiwan (usually referring to hypothetical invasion of Taiwan by PRC)