找事

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb) to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (找事)		找	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoshyh
    • Palladius: чжаоши (čžaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jǎu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoshell
    • Palladius: чжаошир (čžaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² si⁶
    • Yale: jáau sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ siː²²/

Verb

找⫽事 (verb-object)

1. to look for work; to seek employment
2. to pick a quarrel
3. to look for trouble

Synonyms

• (to look for trouble):
  • (Cantonese) 搵事／揾事
  • (Teochew) 揣事