多事

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (多事)		多	事
simp. #(多事)		多	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ si⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tô-sṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): do^ˋ sii^˖

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: dwō-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshyh
    • Palladius: доши (doši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dwō-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshell
    • Palladius: дошир (došir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/

Note: duōshìr - "meddlesome; nosy".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ si⁶
    • Yale: dō sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: do^ˊ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: do^ˋ sii^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /to⁵³ sɨ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-sū
    • Tâi-lô: to-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doisu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Adjective

多事

1. meddlesome; nosy

   喂，唔好多事。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   wai³, m⁴ hou² do¹ si⁶. [Jyutping]

   Hey, don't be nosy.

2. eventful

Derived terms

• 多事之秋 (duōshìzhīqiū)