事態

See also: 事态

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
trad. (事態)		事	態
simp. (事态)		事	态

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ taai³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-thài / sū-thài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ tai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtài
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtay
    • Palladius: шитай (šitaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ taai³
    • Yale: sih taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tʰaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-thài
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-thài
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tʰai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-thài
    • Tâi-lô: sū-thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxtaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ tʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ tʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se⁷ tai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ thài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ¹¹ tʰai²¹³/

Noun

事態

1. situation (especially negative); state of affairs; circumstances; course of events

   事態的發展不難逆料。 [MSC, trad.]
   事态的发展不难逆料。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìtài de fāzhǎn bù nán nìliào. [Pinyin]

   The course of events can be easily foreseen.

   事態越來越惡化。 [MSC, trad.]
   事态越来越恶化。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìtài yuèláiyuè èhuà. [Pinyin]

   The situation is getting worse.

Synonyms

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• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
• 境況／境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
• 境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
• 局勢／局势 (júshì)
• 局面 (júmiàn)
• 形勢／形势 (xíngshì)
• 情勢／情势 (qíngshì)
• 情境 (qíngjìng)
• 情態／情态 (qíngtài)
• 情況／情况 (qíngkuàng)
• 情狀／情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
• 情節／情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
• 景況／景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
• 模樣／模样
• 狀況／状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	態
じ Grade: 3	たい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じたい [jíꜜtàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑita̠i]

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Noun

事(じ)態(たい) • (jitai) 

1. situation (especially negative); state of affairs; circumstances

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	態

Noun

事態 • (satae) (hangeul 사태)

1. hanja form^? of 사태 (“situation (especially negative); state of affairs; circumstances”)