出事

chūshì
verb HSK 6 #2,990

Meanings

  1. 1 to have an accident; to meet with a mishap
  2. 2 for something to go wrong

Characters

Literally 'produce an incident' — always implies something bad happened.

Examples

Qiánmiàn chū shì le, lù bèi dǔ zhù le.
There was an accident ahead and the road is blocked.
Bié dānxīn, bù huì chū shì de.
Don't worry, nothing will go wrong.
Tā chū shì le, gǎnjǐn qù yīyuàn!
Something happened to him — hurry to the hospital!

Tips

usage
出事 always has a negative connotation. It can refer to traffic accidents, workplace incidents, or any unfortunate event. You'd never use it for something positive.
grammar
出事 is a verb-object compound. You cannot insert between them — say 出事, not 了事 (though 了事 is fine with the full word 事故).

Stroke Order

chū
shì