此事

cǐshì

noun HSK 6 #4,837

Meanings

This matter — a formal way to refer to the issue at hand.

Cǐ shì bùyí gōngkāi.

This matter should not be made public.

Guānyú cǐ shì, wǒ yǒu huà yào shuō.

Regarding this matter, I have something to say.

Cǐ shì bìxū jǐnkuài jiějué.

This matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

usage

此事 is formal/written. In spoken Chinese, you'd say 这件事 (zhè jiàn shì). 此 is the literary equivalent of 这.

此 cǐ

事 shì