用事

Chinese

		to use	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (用事)		用	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: yuhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² siː²²/

Verb

用事

(literary) to hold power
(literary) to use classical allusions in poetry and literature
to manage affairs; to get things done

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	事
よう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

用事 (hiragana ようじ, rōmaji yōji)

errand; business
用 (よう)事 (じ)があって出席 (しゅっせき)できません。
Yōji ga atte shusseki dekimasen.
I have a previous appointment and can not attend the meeting.

あしたちょっと用 (よう)事 (じ)があるんです。
Ashita chotto yōji ga aru n desu.
I have other things to do tomorrow.

Synonyms

用 (よう) (yō)
要 (よう)件 (けん) (yōken)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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