事件

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
simp. and trad. (事件)		事	件

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shìjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыҗян (sɨži͡an, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ gin^6-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ-khien / sṳ-khian

(Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ kien^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-giông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sū-kiāⁿ / sīr-kiǎⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ gian⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chien⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiann
  - Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыҗян (sɨži͡an, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁴⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ gin^6-2
  - Yale: sih gín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ gin^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ gin^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-khien
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii kien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ kian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ kʰi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-khian
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii kian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ kian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ kʰi̯an⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ kien^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ kʰien³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-giông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)yɔŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sū-kiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxkvia
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ kiã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ kiã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ kiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-kiǎⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-kiǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kiã²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁷ gian⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ kiăⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ¹¹ kĩã³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-ci
  - MiniDict: zy^去 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

事件 (countable)

event; incident; occurrence (Classifier: 個／个 m; 起 m)
歷史事件／历史事件 ― lìshǐ shìjiàn ― historical event

重大事件 ― zhòngdà shìjiàn ― major event

意外事件 ― yìwài shìjiàn ― unexpected mishap

恐襲事件／恐袭事件 ― kǒngxí shìjiàn ― terrorist attack

暗殺事件／暗杀事件 ― ànshā shìjiàn ― assassination

極端天氣事件／极端天气事件 ― jíduān tiānqì shìjiàn ― extreme weather event

大規模槍擊事件／大规模枪击事件 ― dàguīmó qiāngjī shìjiàn ― mass shooting

有新聞價值的事件 [MSC, trad.]
有新闻价值的事件 [MSC, simp.]
yǒu xīnwén jiàzhí de shìjiàn [Pinyin]
newsworthy event

免疫接種後的不良事件 [MSC, trad.]
免疫接种后的不良事件 [MSC, simp.]
miǎnyì jiēzhòng hòu de bùliáng shìjiàn [Pinyin]
adverse event following immunization

特區應嚴肅處理公務員違規事件。 [MSC, trad.]
特区应严肃处理公务员违规事件。 [MSC, simp.]
Tèqū yīng yánsù chǔlǐ gōngwùyuán wéiguī shìjiàn. [Pinyin]
Special administrative regions should seriously punish civil servants who violate regulations.
(physics) event (point in spacetime) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(computing) event (action which triggers an event handler) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
硬件事件 ― yìngjiàn shìjiàn ― hardware event
(probability theory) event (subset of the sample space) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
不可能事件 ― bùkěnéng shìjiàn ― impossible event

Synonyms

(incident): 案件 (ànjiàn)

Derived terms

七事件
不可能事件 (bùkěnéng shìjiàn)
九一一事件
事件視界 / 事件视界 (shìjiàn shìjiè)
二二八事件 (Èr-Èrbā Shìjiàn)
亞羅船事件 / 亚罗船事件
交通事件裁決所 / 交通事件裁决所
六四事件 (Liù-Sì Shìjiàn)
六四天安門事件 / 六四天安门事件 (Liù-Sì Tiān'ānmén Shìjiàn)
千島湖事件 / 千岛湖事件
古巴事件
史迪威事件
和事件
噍吧哖事件
天安門事件 / 天安门事件
對立事件 / 对立事件
小事件
差事件
必然事件 (bìrán shìjiàn)
意外事件
永豐艦事件 / 永丰舰事件
牡丹社事件
珍珠港事件
盧溝橋事件 / 卢沟桥事件
積事件 / 积事件
美麗島事件 / 美丽岛事件 (Měilìdǎo Shìjiàn)
群體性事件 / 群体性事件 (qúntǐxìng shìjiàn)
車諾比耳事件 / 车诺比耳事件
逆事件
隨機事件 / 随机事件
霧社事件 / 雾社事件 (Wùshè Shìjiàn)
非訟事件 / 非讼事件 (fēisòng shìjiàn)

Related terms

事變／事变 (shìbiàn)
事故 (shìgù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	件
じ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じけん [jíꜜkèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikẽ̞ɴ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

事(じ)件(けん) • (jiken) ^{←じけん (ziken)^?}

event, incident
殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)
satsujin jiken
murder case

乱(らん)射(しゃ)事(じ)件(けん)
ransha jiken
shooting incident

オリエント急(きゅう)行(こう)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)
Oriento Kyūkō Satsujin Jiken
Murder on the Orient Express
matter, affair
scandal

Synonyms

(incident): 事(じ)故(こ) (jiko), 事(じ)変(へん) (jihen)

Derived terms

小(しょう)事(じ)件(けん) (shōjiken)
大(だい)事(じ)件(けん) (daijiken)
難(なん)事(じ)件(けん) (nanjiken)
事(じ)件(けん)記(き)者(しゃ) (jiken kisha)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	件

Noun

事件 • (sageon) (hangeul 사건)

hanja form^? of 사건 (“incident”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	件

Noun

事件

chữ Hán form of sự kiện (“event”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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