來事

Chinese

		to come	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (來事)		來	事
simp. (来事)		来	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶le-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láishìh
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-shih⁴
    • Yale: lái-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishyh
    • Palladius: лайши (lajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (來事兒／来事儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láishìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láishìhr
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: lái-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laishell
    • Palladius: лайшир (lajšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-zy
    • MiniDict: le^去 zyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

來事

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) to know how to deal with people
2. (colloquial, euphemistic) to be on one's period

Adjective

來事

1. (Wu) OK; alright
2. (Wu) capable; competant

Synonyms

• (OK):

Dialectal synonyms of 行 (“OK”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		行
Mandarin	Beijing	行
	Taiwan	行
	Luoyang	中
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得
	Hong Kong	得
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	來三, 來事
	Suzhou	來三

• (deal with people): 識做／识做

Derived terms

• 來事兒／来事儿 (láishìr)
• 來事可追也，往事不可及／来事可追也，往事不可及