- 从事(cóng shì): to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 军事(jūn shì): military affairs; military matters; military
- 人事(rén shì): human resources; personnel; human affairs; ways of the world; consciousness of the world; what is humanly possible; personnel matters; sexual awareness; sexual passion; facts of life
- 事实(shì shí): a fact; the fact that; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事物(shì wù): thing; object; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事先(shì xiān): in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- 本事(běn shi): ability; skill; source material; original story
- 当事人(dāng shì rén): persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
- 董事长(dǒng shì zhǎng): chairman of the board; chairman
- 领事馆(lǐng shì guǎn): consulate
- 启事(qǐshì): announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice
- 失事(shī shì): to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision, etc.); to mess things up
- 实事求是(shí shì qiú shì): to seek truth from facts (idiom); to be practical and realistic
- 时事(shí shì): current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- 事故(shì gù): accident; CL: 桩(zhuāng), 起(qǐ), 次(cì)
- 事迹(shì jì): deed; past achievement; important event of the past
- 事件(shì jiàn): event; happening; incident; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 事态(shì tài): situation; existing state of affairs
- 事务(shì wù): (political, economic, etc.) affairs; work
- 事项(shì xiàng): matter; item
- 事业(shì yè): undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 往事(wǎng shì): past events; former happenings
- 刑事(xíng shì): criminal; penal
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word