更事

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (更事)		更	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gengshìh
  - Wade–Giles: kêng¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: gēng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengshyh
  - Palladius: гэнши (gɛnši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang¹ si⁶
  - Yale: gāng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/

Verb

更⫽事 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(literary) to recur; to happen again
(literary) to experience
- 楊師道性純善，自無愆過，而情實怯懦，未甚更事，急緩不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  杨师道性纯善，自无愆过，而情实怯懦，未甚更事，急缓不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
  Yáng Shīdào xìng chún shàn, zì wú qiānguò, ér qíng shí qiènuò, wèi shèn gēngshì, jíhuǎn bùkě délì. [Pinyin]
  Yang Shidao is pure and kind in nature and has not a transgression, but he is in fact cowardly, inexperienced in handling matters, and ineffective in times of crisis.

Noun

更事

(literary) common occurrence, routine
Synonyms: 家常便飯 / 家常便饭 (jiāchángbiànfàn), 常規 / 常规 (chángguī)

References

更事 in ZDIC