How to say “handle affairs” in Chinese
handle affairs
“Handle affairs” in Chinese is 办事, bàn shì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
办事 is read bàn shì: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
In the middle, 力 “strength”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “办事”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 办事. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我下午要出去办事wǒxiàwǔyàochūqùbànshìThis afternoon I need to go out and run some errands.
- 不管是谁都必须按照法律办事bùguǎnshìshéi,dōubìxūànzhàofǎlǜbànshìNo matter who you are, you have to follow the law.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “handle affairs” in Chinese?
“Handle affairs” in Chinese is 办事, pinyin bànshì.
What does 办事 mean?
办事 (bànshì) means “handle affairs”.
How do you write 办事?
办事 is 2 characters: 办 (bàn) — do, handle; 事 (shì) — matter, affair. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 办事?
办事 is read bànshì. Tones: bàn — fourth tone, shì — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“handle affairs” in the lesson “Overtime and business trips”
This word is from the topic “Office and documents” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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