HSK 6 · Ideas

事件 shìjiàn “event” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 事件 means

  1. event
  2. incident

How to say 事件

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

事件 in a sentence

  1. 这个故事是基于真实事件写的。

    Zhè ge gùshi shì jīyú zhēnshí shìjiàn xiě de.

    This story is based on real events.

    Sentence #1964269 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 整体而言，这个事件是成功的。

    Zhěngtǐ éryán, zhè ge shìjiàn shì chénggōng de.

    On the whole, the event was a success.

    Sentence #801469 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我跟那个事件没有什么关系。

    Wǒ gēn nà ge shìjiàn méiyǒu shénme guānxi.

    I had nothing to do with that incident.

    Sentence #394779 from Tatoeba

How 事件 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 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
The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
件jiànitem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.

How to write 事件

事 8 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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

Words related to 事件

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

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case

More words: Ideas & Concepts

声誉shēngyù · reputation神仙shénxiān · immortal是非shìfēi · right and wrong事迹shìjì · deed实力shílì · strength使命shǐmìng · mission实事求是shíshìqiúshì · to be practical and realistic事态shìtài · situation

FAQs

事件 (shìjiàn) means “event” or “incident”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìjiàn: shì with a 4th tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 事件 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事件 from the suggestions. Typing shijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事件 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.