一事

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (一事)		一	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshì [Phonetic: yíshì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishìh
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: yī-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyh
  - Palladius: иши (iši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    一世
    伊勢／伊势
    醫士／医士
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: yāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

Noun

一事

(dialectal) related (organizationally or professionally); belonging to the same organization
你們都是一事嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
你们都是一事吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐmen dōu shì yīshì ma? [Pinyin]
Are you all together?

這兩家公司其實是一事。 [MSC, trad.]
这两家公司其实是一事。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè liǎng jiā gōngsī qíshí shì yīshì. [Pinyin]
The two firms are actually one and the same outfit.

Derived terms

一事無成／一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)
不因一事，不長一智／不因一事，不长一智
不經一事，不長一智／不经一事，不长一智 (bù jīng yī shì, bù zhǎng yī zhì)
九一一事件
多一事不如少一事 (duō yī shì bùrú shǎo yī shì)
多一事不如省一事
沒一事不可對人言／没一事不可对人言

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	事
いち Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちじ [ìchíꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑi]

Noun

一(いち)事(じ) • (ichiji)

one thing

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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