Meaning of 肇事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhàoshì
- to cause an accident
- to be responsible for an incident
- to provoke a disturbance
Stroke order for each character
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肇 zhào · to begin · 14 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 肇事.
| 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 |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
| 本事 | běnshi | source material; original story |
| 从事 | cóngshì | to go for; to engage in |
Questions about 肇事
What does 肇事 mean?
肇事 (zhàoshì) means "to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 肇事?
肇事 is made of 2 characters: 肇 (14 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 肇事 an HSK word?
Yes. 肇事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.