從事

See also: 从事

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (從事)		從	事
simp. (从事)		从	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cóngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ si⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiông-sīr / chiông-sū

(Teochew, Peng'im): cong⁵ se⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cóngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-shih⁴
  - Yale: tsúng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshyh
  - Palladius: цунши (cunši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: chùhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: tsiông-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tsiông-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cong⁵ se⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông sṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzjowng dzriH

Rime
Character	從	事
Reading #	1/3	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾容切	鉏吏切
Baxter	dzjowng	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨoŋ/	/d͡ʒɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zioŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zioŋ/	/d͡ʒie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zuawŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Li Rong	/d͡zioŋ/	/d͡ʒiə^H/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwoŋ/	/d͡ʒĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯woŋ/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cóng	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung⁴	zi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]oŋ [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*zloŋ zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	從	事
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cóng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjowng ›	‹ dzri^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]oŋ/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	to follow	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	從	事
Reading #	2/3	2/2
No.	1858	11486
Phonetic component	从	史
Rime group	東	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	從	事
Old Chinese	/*zloŋ/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Verb

從事

to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession); to do (work)
這位律師專門從事涉外貿易的業務。 [MSC, trad.]
这位律师专门从事涉外贸易的业务。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè wèi lǜshī zhuānmén cóngshì shèwài màoyì de yèwù. [Pinyin]
This lawyer exclusively practices in international trade matters.

大家都是從事哪些具體工作的？ [MSC, trad.]
大家都是从事哪些具体工作的？ [MSC, simp.]
Dàjiā dōu shì cóngshì nǎxiē jùtǐ gōngzuò de? [Pinyin]
Specifically what kind of work is everybody doing?
to deal with; to handle

Synonyms

(to engage in): (literary, or in compounds) 就 (jiù)
(to deal with):

備辦 / 备办 (Hokkien)
受理 (shòulǐ)
審理 / 审理 (shěnlǐ)
張羅 / 张罗
打理 (dǎlǐ)
操持 (cāochí)
擺劃 / 摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
料理 (liàolǐ)
清理 (qīnglǐ)
理 (lǐ)
經辦 / 经办 (jīngbàn)
處分 / 处分 (chǔfèn) (literary)
處決 / 处决 (chǔjué)
處理 / 处理
處置 / 处置 (chǔzhì)
辦理 / 办理 (bànlǐ)

Derived terms

便宜從事 / 便宜从事 (biànyícóngshì)

Related terms

進行／进行 (jìnxíng)

Noun

從事

(archaic) aide to a commandery governor, provincial governor or senior minister

Derived terms

別駕從事 / 别驾从事 (biéjià cóngshì)