shì jiàn
event; incident
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这一事件发生得很突然。
zhè yī shì jiàn fā shēng dé hěn tū rán .
This event occurred quite suddenly.
这一事件发生在昨晚。
zhè yī shì jiàn fā shēng zài zuó wǎn .
This event took place last night.
警察正在调查这一事件。
jǐng chá zhèng zài diào chá zhè yī shì jiàn .
The police are investigating this incident.
事情 (shìqíng)
matter
事故 (shìgù)
accident
事故 (shìgù)
accident
事件 (shìjiàn)
event
The Chinese word 事件 (shìjiàn) is composed of two characters: 事 (shì) and 件 (jiàn). The character 事 originally meant "to serve" or "to do", and later extended to mean "affair", "matter", or "event". The character 件 originally meant "a piece" or "a section", and later extended to mean "an item", "a case", or "an incident". When combined, the two characters 事件 (shìjiàn) literally mean "a matter that has happened" or "an incident". In modern Chinese, 事件 (shìjiàn) is used to refer to a specific event or occurrence, such as a news event, a historical event, or a personal experience. It can also be used to refer to a series of events or a chain of events.
