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事儿

shì r · shi r

Traditional 事兒

Measure words: 件 jiàn, 桩 zhuāng

Meaning

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  1. one's employment
  2. business
  3. matter that needs to be settled
  4. (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. trying
  6. troublesome
  7. erhua variant of 事 (shì)
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In a conversation

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A very small box

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)有(yǒu)事儿(shìr)吗(ma)？

    Dengdeng, do you have anything on today?

  2. Dengdeng

    没(méi)什么(shénme)事儿(shìr)，怎么了(zěnmele)？

    Nothing much. What's up?

  3. Liangliang

    帮(bāng)我(wǒ)搬(bān)个(gè)箱子(xiāngzi)吧(ba)，很(hěn)小(xiǎo)的(de)。

    Help me move a box. It's a small one.

  4. Dengdeng

    好啊(hǎoa)，这点(zhèdiǎn)小事儿(xiǎoshìr)，没问题(méiwèntí)！

    Sure, such a small thing is no problem!

  5. Liangliang

    箱子(xiāngzi)在(zài)六楼(liùlóu)，没有(méiyǒu)电梯(diàntī)。

    The box is on the sixth floor. There is no elevator.

  6. Dengdeng

    六楼(liùlóu)？这(zhè)哪是(nǎshì)小事儿(xiǎoshìr)啊(a)！

    The sixth floor? That is hardly a small matter!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

别(bié)在(zài)我(wǒ)面(miàn)前(qián)再(zài)提(tí)这(zhè)事(shì)儿(r)。

I don't want to hear another word about it!

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by Spamster · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)做(zuò)了(le)这(zhè)种(zhǒng)事(shì)儿(r)？

Why did you do such a thing?

Tatoeba: Chinese by musclegirlxyp · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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