行事

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (行事)		行	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-sū / hêng-sīr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shih⁴
    • Yale: syíng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshyh
    • Palladius: синши (sinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 刑事 型式 形勢／形势 形式 行事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: hàhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hang^ˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /haŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/

Verb

行事

1. (literary) to take action; to act

   誠信行事／诚信行事  ―  chéngxìn xíngshì  ―  to act in good faith

Synonyms

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• 事事 (shìshì) (literary)
• 做事 (zuòshì)
• 取事 (qǔshì) (literary)
• 幹事／干事 (gànshì)
• 治事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 辦事／办事 (bànshì)

 

Noun

行事

1. (literary) behaviour; conduct

Synonyms

• 舉止／举止 (jǔzhǐ)
• 行為／行为 (xíngwéi)
• 作為／作为 (zuòwéi)

Derived terms

• 依計行事／依计行事
• 便宜行事 (biànyíxíngshì)
• 為人行事／为人行事
• 盲目行事
• 看人行事
• 相機行事／相机行事
• 看風行事／看风行事
• 行事曆／行事历 (xíngshìlì)
• 見機行事／见机行事
• 言談行事／言谈行事
• 非法行事

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行事):

• → Japanese: 行事(ぎょうじ) (gyōji)
• → Korean: 행사(行事) (haengsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	事
ぎょう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょーじ [gyóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ぎょーじ [gyòójíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːʑi]

Noun

行(ぎょう)事(じ) • (gyōji) 

1. function, event