舉事

See also: 举事

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (舉事)		舉	事
simp. (举事)		举	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyǔ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeushyh
    • Palladius: цзюйши (czjujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 舉世／举世 舉事／举事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² si⁶
    • Yale: géui sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ siː²²/

Verb

舉事

1. (literary) to carry out; to put into action
2. (literary) to initiate action; to start something
3. (literary, euphemistic) to rise in revolt

Synonyms

• (rise in revolt):

• 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
• 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難／发难 (fānàn)
• 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起事 (qǐshì)
• 起兵 (qǐbīng)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義／起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)