了事

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (了事)		了	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao² se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: lyǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaushyh
    • Palladius: ляоши (ljaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyǎu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaushell
    • Palladius: ляошир (ljaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: líuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liawsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao² se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáu sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

了事

1. to settle a matter (usually perfunctorily or incompletely)

Derived terms

• 敷衍了事 (fūyǎnliǎoshì)
• 草草了事 (cǎocǎoliǎoshì)