给事
jǐ shì · the name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 給事中|给事中[ji3 shi4 zhong1]
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 给事
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
没事méishìit's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
故事gùshinarrative; story; tale
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker