往事

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (往事)		往	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ si⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-sū / óng-sīr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-shih⁴
    • Yale: wǎng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyh
    • Palladius: ванши (vanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: wóhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: óng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: óng-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/

Noun

往事

1. past events; things in the past; the past; former happenings

Synonyms

• 往跡／往迹 (wǎngjì)
• 成事 (chéngshì) (literary)
• 舊事／旧事 (jiùshì)
• 陳事／陈事 (chénshì) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 前塵往事／前尘往事 (qiánchénwǎngshì)
• 往事如煙／往事如烟 (wǎngshìrúyān)
• 往事歷歷／往事历历
• 明鏡所以照形，往事所以知今／明镜所以照形，往事所以知今

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (往事):

• → Japanese: 往(おう)事(じ) (ōji)
• → Korean: 왕사(往事) (wangsa)
• → Vietnamese: vãng sự (往事)