事件 shìjiàn incident
incident; event
怎么记住“事件”: 事 matter + 件 measure word for clothes and items = incident.
汉字
用法
- Formal, written word for a notable incident, especially one that gets reported or has consequences: 历史事件 (historical event), 突发事件 (sudden incident).
- Differs from 事情 (shìqing), the everyday general word for a matter that happened - 事情 covers mundane daily matters, while 事件 implies something significant enough to be named or reported.
例句
- 我跟那个事件没有什么关系。 Wǒ gēn nàge shìjiàn méiyǒu shénme guānxì.I had nothing to do with that incident.
- 这是个重要事件。 Zhè shì gè zhòngyào shìjiàn.This is an important event.
- 这只是偶发事件。 Zhè zhǐshì ǒufāshìjiàn.That only happens occasionally.