肇事

肇事

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (肇事)		肇	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ si⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tiǎu-sīr / tiāu-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshell
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: siuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ xi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎu-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎu-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauxsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Verb

肇事

1. to cause trouble; to create a disturbance

Derived terms

肇事逃逸 (zhàoshì táoyì)