How to pronounce shi qing (事情) in Chinese

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事情

shì qing

Characters & meanings

事
shìT4

matter; affair

情
qingT0

feeling; emotion

Common mistake

Falling + neutral (4-0): shì falls with the buzzy retroflex vowel, then qing floats off light — giving qing a full tone makes it sound like 实情 or 事情 read character-by-character.

Tone change in this word

情 is neutral in 事情, though full qíng elsewhere (心情, 情况).

Example sentence

我今天有很多事情。

Wǒ jīntiān yǒu hěn duō shìqing.

I have a lot of things to do today.

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