"用事" meaning in Chinese

See 用事 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jʊŋ²² siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /jʊŋ²² siː²²/ Chinese transliterations: yòngshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jung⁶ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yòngshì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yòngshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], yung⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yùng-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], yonqshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], юнши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], junši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jung⁶ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], yuhng sih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], jung⁶ si⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], yung⁶ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 用事
  1. (literary) to hold power Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-用事-zh-verb-~vLXk06w
  2. (literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-用事-zh-verb-ng1VEQs6
  3. to manage affairs; to get things done
    Sense id: en-用事-zh-verb-hirbFxMN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 意氣用事 (yìqìyòngshì), 意气用事 (yìqìyòngshì)

Download JSON data for 用事 meaning in Chinese (2.4kB)

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      "roman": "yìqìyòngshì",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yìqìyòngshì",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to hold power"
      ],
      "id": "en-用事-zh-verb-~vLXk06w",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
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          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to hold power"
      ],
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        "literary"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to use classical allusions in poetry and literature"
      ],
      "id": "en-用事-zh-verb-ng1VEQs6",
      "links": [
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          "classical",
          "classical"
        ],
        [
          "allusion",
          "allusion"
        ],
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to manage affairs; to get things done"
      ],
      "id": "en-用事-zh-verb-hirbFxMN",
      "links": [
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yung⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùng-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yonqshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юнши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "junši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuhng sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yung⁶ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "用事"
}
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    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
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      "roman": "yìqìyòngshì",
      "word": "意氣用事"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìqìyòngshì",
      "word": "意气用事"
    }
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      "expansion": "用事",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold power"
      ],
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          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
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      ],
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        "(literary) to hold power"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to use classical allusions in poetry and literature"
      ],
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        [
          "classical",
          "classical"
        ],
        [
          "allusion",
          "allusion"
        ],
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to manage affairs; to get things done"
      ],
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        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yòngshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yung⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùng-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yonqshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юнши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "junši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuhng sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jung⁶ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yung⁶ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ²² siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊŋ²² siː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "用事"
}

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