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往事

wǎng shì

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

wǎng shì · wong5 si6 (Jyutping)

  1. past events
  2. former happenings

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

往

Meaning
go, depart; past, formerly
Radical
彳
Strokes
8
Components
⿰彳⿱？王
Cangjie
HOYG
Four-corner
2021.4

事

Meaning
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
Radical
亅
Strokes
8
Components
⿻⿳一口彐亅
Cangjie
JLLN
Four-corner
5000.7

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