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HSK 3 · Problems & Solutions

事件

shì jiàn

incident; event

Stroke order of 事件

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

事 · 8 strokes件 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

A person 亻 and an ox 牛 appear in an incident worth recording as an event.

Parts: 事 matter + 件: 亻 person + 牛 ox

The characters in 事件

  • 事 shì — matter; thing (8 strokes)
  • 件 jiàn — measure word for clothes, matters (6 strokes)

Example sentence

这个事件引起了大家的注意。

This incident drew everyone's attention.

Words with 事

没事儿it's OK; never mind事matter; thing同事colleague故事story事情matter; thing好事good thing事业career; cause从事to be engaged in本事ability; skill事故accident事实fact事实上in fact

Words with 件

件measure word for clothes, matters条件condition文件document; file证件identity papers; certificate电子邮件email邮件mail; email

More words: Problems & Solutions

调查to investigate; survey错误mistake; wrong事故accident意外accident; unexpected危险danger; dangerous风险risk紧急urgent; emergency解决to solve处理to handle; to deal with克服to overcome防to guard against防止to prevent预防to prevent保护to protect破坏to destroy; damage

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