Meaning of 往事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wǎngshì
- past events
- former happenings
往事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
照片使我忆起了很多往事。
The picture brought back a lot of memories.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
往 wǎng · to go · 8 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Related words
Words that share a character with 往事.
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
| 事实上 | shìshíshang | in fact; in reality |
| 事件 | shìjiàn | incident; event |
| 前往 | qiánwǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
| 交往 | jiāowǎng | to associate (with); to have contact (with) |
Questions about 往事
What does 往事 mean?
往事 (wǎngshì) means "past events; former happenings" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 往事?
往事 is made of 2 characters: 往 (8 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 往事 an HSK word?
Yes. 往事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.