闲事 meaning in English
other people's business
Traditional 閒事15 strokes
Meaning of 闲事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiánshì
- other people's business
闲事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
「好为人师」还是「好管闲事」?
Is this patronizing or meddling in someone else's business?
汤姆总是多管闲事。
Tom always meddles in affairs that do not concern him.
告诉他别多管闲事。
Tell him to mind his own business.
我没想多管闲事。
I didn't mean to meddle.
少管闲事!
Mind your own business!
Stroke order for each character
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闲 xián · idle · 7 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 闲事.
| 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 闲事
What does 闲事 mean?
闲事 (xiánshì) means "other people's business".
How do you write 闲事?
闲事 is made of 2 characters: 闲 (7 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
How is 闲事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 闲事 is written 閒事.