私事

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (私事)		私	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīshì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ si⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-sṳ

(Hailu, HRS): sii^ˋ sii^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): su-sū / sir-sīr

(Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ se⁷ / sai¹ se⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: sz̄-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshyh
  - Palladius: сыши (syši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    司事
    私事
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihshìhr
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: sz̄-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshell
  - Palladius: сышир (syšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sī sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    司事
    施事
    私事
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ sii^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵³ sɨ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-sū
  - Tâi-lô: su-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: susu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sir-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se¹ se⁷ / sai¹ se⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ sṳ̄ / sai sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/, /sai³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

Note: sai1 se7 - adultery.

Noun

私事

private matter; private concern; private business
這是我的私事，與你無關。 [MSC, trad.]
这是我的私事，与你无关。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì wǒ de sīshì, yǔ nǐ wúguān. [Pinyin]
This is my private business. It has nothing to do with you.

你不該干涉他的私事。 [MSC, trad.]
你不该干涉他的私事。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ bùgāi gānshè tā de sīshì. [Pinyin]
You should not interfere with his private business.
(Teochew) adultery

Antonyms

公幹／公干 (gōnggàn)
公事 (gōngshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	事
し Grade: 6	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しじ [shíꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiʑi]

Noun

私(し)事(じ) • (shiji)

private matter

Antonyms

公(こう)事(じ) (kōji)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
私	事

Noun

私事 • (sasa) (hangeul 사사)

hanja form^? of 사사 (“private matter”)

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

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