Chinese Word Entry

找事
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zhǎo shì
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau2 si6
Definitions:
  1. to look for employment

  2. to pick a quarrel


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Chinese characters used in this word

look for, seek, make change, search, find
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄠˇ (zhǎo), ㄏㄨㄚˊ (huá)
Cantonese: zaau2
Japanese: ソウ (sou)、 カ (ka)、 ゲ (ge) / さおさす (saosasu)、 たずねる (tazuneru)
Korean: 조 (jo), 화 (hwa)
Vietnamese: hoa, trảo, quơ

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly, affair, to serve, accident, incident
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˋ (shì), ㄗˋ (zì)
Cantonese: si6
Japanese: ジ (ji)、 ズ (zu)、 シ (shi) / こと (koto)、 つか.う (tsukau)、 つか.える (tsukaeru)、 こととする (kototosuru)
Korean: 사 (sa)
Vietnamese: sự
Variants
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