有事

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (有事)		有	事
simp. #(有事)		有	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushìh
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyh
    • Palladius: юши (juši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 有事 有識／有识

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: yáuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-sū
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwX dzriH

Rime
Character	有	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	云久切	鉏吏切
Baxter	hjuwX	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuX/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuX/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwX/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuX/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuX/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	有	事
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒu	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	have, exist	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	有	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	15595	11486
Phonetic component	又	史
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	有	事
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Verb

有事

1. to have a matter to attend to; to have something to do; to be busy

   我剛好手邊有事。 [MSC, trad.]
   我刚好手边有事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì. [Pinyin]

   I am in the middle of something. [lit. I have things to do at hand.]

2. to have something on one's mind; to have something the matter

   他前段時間有事心煩，過一段時間就好了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他前段时间有事心烦，过一段时间就好了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā qián duàn shíjiān yǒushì xīnfán, guò yī duàn shíjiān jiù hǎo le. [Pinyin]

   He was troubled some time ago, but he will be fine after a while.

3. (of a problem or emergency) to arise; to happen
4. to have a job; to be employed

Synonyms

• ((of a problem or emergency) to arise):

• 出事 (chūshì)
• 失事 (shīshì)
• 著㧣 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 著窒 (Hokkien)
• 著觸／著触 (Min Nan)

 

Derived terms

• 有事鍾無豔，無事夏迎春／有事钟无艳，无事夏迎春 (yǒushì Zhōng Wúyàn, wúshì Xià Yíngchūn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	事
ゆう Grade: 3	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

有(ゆう)事(じ) • (yūji) 

1. emergency, contingency

   有事(ゆうじ)の際(さい)のための法律(ほうりつ)が必要(ひつよう)だ。

   Yūji no sai no tame no hōritsu ga hitsuyō da.

   We need to set laws for times of national emergency.

   台湾(たいわん)有事(ゆうじ)

   Taiwan yūji

   contingency in Taiwan (usually referring to hypothetical invasion of Taiwan by PRC)