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從事

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See also: 从事

from; obey; observe

from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried

matter; thing; item

matter; thing; item; work; affair

trad. (從事) 從 事
simp. (从事) 从 事
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 從 事
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cóng shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzjowng › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]oŋ/ /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English to follow serve; service, affair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 從 事
Reading # 2/3 2/2
No. 1858 11486
Phonetic
component 		从 史
Rime
group 		東 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		從 事
Old
Chinese 		/*zloŋ/ /*zrɯs/
Notes 史吏轉註字

從事

  1. to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession); to do (work)
    這位律師專門從事涉外貿易的業務。 [MSC, trad.]
    这位律师专门从事涉外贸易的业务。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè wèi lǜshī zhuānmén cóngshì shèwài màoyì de yèwù. [Pinyin]
    This lawyer exclusively practices in international trade matters.
    大家都是從事哪些具體工作的？ [MSC, trad.]
    大家都是从事哪些具体工作的？ [MSC, simp.]
    Dàjiā dōu shì cóngshì nǎxiē jùtǐ gōngzuò de? [Pinyin]
    Specifically what kind of work is everybody doing?
  2. to deal with; to handle
  • (to engage in): (literary, or in compounds) 就 (jiù)
  • (to deal with):

從事

  1. (archaic) aide to a commandery governor, provincial governor or senior minister