事情 (shìqing) means Matter (affair). Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我有很多 事情 要做。
Wǒ yǒu hěn duō shìqing yào zuò.
I have a lot of things to do.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 事情
这件 事情 你知道吗？
Zhè jiàn shìqing nǐ zhīdào ma?
Do you know about this matter?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 事情
事情 总算解决了。
Shìqing zǒngsuàn jiějué le.
The matter is settled at last.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 总算
班里的 事情 要民主决定。
Bān lǐ de shìqing yào mínzhǔ juédìng.
Class matters should be decided democratically.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 民主
事情 的发展在意料之中。
Shìqing de fāzhǎn zài yìliào zhī zhōng.
The way things developed was as anticipated.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 意料
别哭了， 事情 会好起来的。
Bié kū le, shìqing huì hǎo qǐlai de.
Don't cry — things will get better.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 哭
听到这个 事情 ，我很难过。
Tīngdào zhège shìqing, wǒ hěn nánguò.
I felt very sad when I heard about it.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 难过
多亏你帮忙， 事情 才办好。
Duōkuī nǐ bāngmáng, shìqing cái bàn hǎo.
Thanks to your help, it got done.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 多亏
别胡说， 事情 不是这样的。
Bié húshuō, shìqing bú shì zhèyàng de.
Do not talk nonsense; that is not how it was.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡说
请你陈述一下 事情 的经过。
Qǐng nǐ chénshù yíxià shìqing de jīngguò.
Please give an account of what happened.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陈述
事情 怎么会闹到这个地步？
Shìqing zěnme huì nào dào zhège dìbù?
How did things get to such a pass?
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 地步
他把 事情 安排得有条不紊。
Tā bǎ shìqing ānpái de yǒutiáobùwěn.
He arranged everything in an orderly manner.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 有条不紊
你甭担心， 事情 已经办好了。
Nǐ béng dānxīn, shìqing yǐjīng bàn hǎo le.
Don't you worry, it has already been taken care of.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 甭
事情 并非像你想的那么简单。
Shìqing bìngfēi xiàng nǐ xiǎng de nàme jiǎndān.
Things are by no means as simple as you think.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 并非
这段视频还原了 事情 的经过。
Zhè duàn shìpín huányuán le shìqing de jīngguò.
This video reconstructs how the incident unfolded.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 还原
这篇报道揭露了 事情 的真相。
Zhè piān bàodào jiēlù le shìqing de zhēnxiàng.
This report exposed the truth of the matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 揭露
听他的口气， 事情 已经定了。
Tīng tā de kǒuqì, shìqing yǐjīng dìng le.
By his tone, the matter is already settled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 口气
他宁愿加班也要把 事情 做完。
Tā nìngyuàn jiābān yě yào bǎ shìqing zuò wán.
He would rather work overtime than leave the job unfinished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁愿
事情 办完了，我心里才踏实。
Shìqing bàn wán le, wǒ xīn lǐ cái tāshi.
Only once it was done did I feel at ease.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踏实
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From the graded readers
事情 是这样的。
shìqing shì zhèyàng de / dì.
It happened like this.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
我把 事情 跟他说了一遍。
wǒ bǎ shìqing gēn tā shuōle yī biàn.
I explained the situation to him.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
后来我发现， 事情 并不是这样。
hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, shìqing bìngbúshì zhèyàng.
Later I found that wasn't how it worked.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
因为我第一次觉得，我做的 事情 是有意义的。
yīnwèi wǒ dìyīcì juéde, wǒ zuò de / dì shìqing shì yǒu yìyì de / dì.
Because for the first time, what I was doing felt like it meant something.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我做的 事情 和我喜欢的 事情 ，一点关系都没有。
wǒ zuò de / dì shìqing hé wǒ xǐhuan de / dì shìqing, yīdiǎn guānxi dōu méiyǒu.
What I did had nothing whatever to do with what I cared about.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
事情 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 事情
How is 事情 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 事情 (shìqing, "Matter (affair)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 事情 an HSK word?
Yes — 事情 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 事情?
The dictionary page for 事情 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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