有事

有事

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
simp. and trad. (有事)		有	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ si⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): iú-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yǒushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 有事 有識／有识

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: yáuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sū
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

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。 / 我刚好手边有事。  ―  Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì.  ―  I am in the middle of something. [lit. I have things to do at hand.]

2. to have something on one's mind; to have something the matter
3. to arise; to happen (of a problem or emergency)
4. to have a job; to be employed

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Japanese

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

Noun

有事 (hiragana ゆうじ, rōmaji 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.