HSK 6 · Ideas

事态 shìtài “situation” in Chinese

Traditional 事態

What 事态 means

  1. situation
  2. state of affairs
  3. existing state of affairs

How to say 事态

  • 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态tài4th tone, falling

事态 in a sentence

  1. 事态比我们想的严重。

    Shìtài bǐ wǒmen xiǎng de yánzhòng.

    The situation is more serious than we thought.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要密切关注事态的发展。

    Wǒmen yào mìqiè guānzhù shìtài de fāzhǎn.

    We need to keep a close eye on how things develop.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 事态 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 态 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
态tàiappearance
  • 太very · tàiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

How to write 事态

事 8 strokes · 态 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 事态

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 态

态度tàidu · attitude状态zhuàngtài · condition神态shéntài · expression表态biǎotài · to state one’s position心态xīntài · mindset生态shēngtài · ecology动态dòngtài · trend形态xíngtài · form姿态zītài · posture

More words: Ideas & Concepts

事件shìjiàn · event实力shílì · strength使命shǐmìng · mission实事求是shíshìqiúshì · to be practical and realistic失误shīwù · mistake事项shìxiàng · matter视野shìyě · field of vision实质shízhì · substance

FAQs

事态 (shìtài) means “situation” or “state of affairs”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìtài: shì with a 4th tone, then tài 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, 事态 is written 事態. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shitai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事态 from the suggestions. Typing shitai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事态 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.