事情 shì qing affair; matter; thing; businessCL: 件 jiàn, 桩 zhuāng Example sentences 你今天下午有事情吗? nǐ jīntiān xiàwǔ yǒu shìqing ma? Do you have things to do this afternoon? 这件事情很难也很麻烦。 zhè jiàn shìqing hěn nán yě hěn máfan. This thing is very difficult and troublesome