了事

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (了事)		了	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): liáu-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liǎoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: liǎoshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaushell
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁵ si⁶
  - Yale: líuh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-sū
  - Tâi-lô: liáu-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liawsu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Verb

了事

to settle a matter (usually perfunctorily or incompletely)

Derived terms

敷衍了事

草草了事

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