往事

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (往事)		往	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-sū / óng-sīr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-shih⁴
  - Yale: wǎng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyh
  - Palladius: ванши (vanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: wóhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sū
  - Tâi-lô: óng-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngsu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: óng-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/

Noun

往事

past events; things in the past; the past; former happenings

Synonyms

往跡 / 往迹 (wǎngjì)
成事 (chéngshì) (literary)
舊事 / 旧事 (jiùshì)
陳事 / 陈事 (chénshì) (literary)

Derived terms

前塵往事 / 前尘往事 (qiánchénwǎngshì)
往事如煙 / 往事如烟 (wǎngshìrúyān)
往事歷歷 / 往事历历
明鏡所以照形，往事所以知今 / 明镜所以照形，往事所以知今

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (往事):

→ Japanese: 往(おう)事(じ) (ōji)
→ Korean: 왕사(往事) (wangsa)
→ Vietnamese: vãng sự (往事)