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事项 shìxiàng “matter” in Chinese

Traditional 事項

What 事项 means

  1. matter
  2. item

How to say 事项

  • 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项xiàng4th tone, falling

事项 in a sentence

  1. 出发前请看一下注意事项。

    Chūfā qián qǐng kàn yíxià zhùyì shìxiàng.

    Please read the things to note before you set off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 会议讨论了三个事项。

    Huìyì tǎolùn le sān ge shìxiàng.

    The meeting discussed three items.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 事项 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 项 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
项xiàngback of neck
  • 工work · gōngSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàng.

How to write 事项

事 8 strokes · 项 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 事项

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 项

项xiàng · item项链xiàngliàn · necklace项目xiàngmù · item

More words: Ideas & Concepts

使命shǐmìng · mission实事求是shíshìqiúshì · to be practical and realistic事态shìtài · situation失误shīwù · mistake视野shìyě · field of vision实质shízhì · substance手法shǒufǎ · technique思维sīwéi · thinking

FAQs

事项 (shìxiàng) means “matter” or “item”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìxiàng: shì with a 4th tone, then xiàng 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, 事项 is written 事項. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shixiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事项 from the suggestions. Typing shixiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事项 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.