HSK 6 · Media

启事 qǐshì “notice” in Chinese

Traditional 啟事

What 启事 means

  1. notice
  2. announcement
  3. announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
  4. to post information

How to say 启事

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale启qǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

启事 in a sentence

  1. 他在网上发了一个寻物启事。

    Tā zài wǎngshàng fā le yí ge xúnwù qǐshì.

    He posted a lost-property notice online.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 报纸上有一则招聘启事。

    Bàozhǐ shàng yǒu yì zé zhāopìn qǐshì.

    There’s a job advertisement in the newspaper.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 启事 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 启 (qǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
启qǐto open
  • 户door · hù
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 启事

启 7 strokes · 事 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

启事 (qǐshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 启事 (qǐshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 启事

Words with 启

启发qǐfā · to inspire启蒙qǐméng · to enlighten启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)启示qǐshì · inspiration

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

More words: Media & Arts

内幕nèimù · inside story偶像ǒuxiàng · idol排练páiliàn · to rehearse情节qíngjié · plot曲子qǔzi · tune散文sǎnwén · prose声明shēngmíng · statement审美shěnměi · aesthetic

FAQs

启事 (qǐshì) means “notice” or “announcement”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐshì: qǐ with a 3rd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 启事 is written 啟事. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 启事 from the suggestions. Typing qishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
启事 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.