事端

shìduān

noun #18,522

Measure Word

一起事端 qǐ

Meanings

1 disturbance
2 incident
3 trouble

Characters

beginning; cause; end

Examples

他总是挑起事端。

Tā zǒngshì tiǎoqǐ shìduān.

He always stirs up trouble.

这件事引发了不少事端。

Zhè jiàn shì yǐnfā le bùshǎo shìduān.

This matter triggered quite a few incidents.

Tips

usage

The most common collocation is 挑起事端 (tiǎoqǐ shìduān, to stir up trouble) or 制造事端 (zhìzào shìduān, to create an incident). It has a formal/news register.

Stroke Order

事 shì

端 duān