善事

Chinese

		good	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (善事)		善	事
simp. #(善事)		善	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ si⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'sen⁵ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-sīr / siān-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannshyh
    • Palladius: шаньши (šanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: sihn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² siː²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'sen⁵ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsɛn¹¹ sz̩¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: san sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: siān-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-sū
    • Tâi-lô: siān-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ su³³/

Noun

善事

1. good deed (Classifier: 件 m)

Synonyms

• 好事 (hǎoshì)
• 善行 (shànxíng)

Verb

善事

1. (archaic) to be of good service to; to serve someone well