情事

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (情事)		情	事
simp. #(情事)		情	事
anagram		事情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-shih⁴
    • Yale: chíng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngshyh
    • Palladius: цинши (cinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 情事 情勢／情势

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: chìhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/

Noun

情事

1. circumstances; facts; situation
2. feelings; love life; romance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (情事):

• → Japanese: 情事(じょうじ) (jōji)
• → Korean: 정사(情事) (jeongsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
情	事
じょう Grade: 5	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

情(じょう)事(じ) • (jōji) 

1. love affair (an adulterous relationship)