shì

matter; thing; item

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

你有什么事?

What is the matter?

我有一点儿事。

I have something to do.