# 從事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cóngshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cung$^4$ si$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-sīr / chiông-sū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cong$^5$ se$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cóngshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshìh
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻung$^2$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: tsúng-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshyh
*** Palladius: цунши (cunši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$ si$^6$
*** Yale: chùhng sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sīr
*** Tâi-lô: tsiông-sīr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-sū
*** Tâi-lô: tsiông-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cong$^5$ se$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzjowng dzriH
Rime :
| Character | 從 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 疾容切 | 鉏吏切 |
| Baxter | dzjowng | dzriH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨoŋ/ | /d͡ʒɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zioŋ/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zioŋ/ | /d͡ʒie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zuawŋ/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zioŋ/ | /d͡ʒiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭwoŋ/ | /d͡ʒĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯woŋ/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cóng | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cung$^4$ | zi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]oŋ [m-s-]rəʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zloŋ zrɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 從 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cóng | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjowng › | ‹ dzri$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]oŋ/ | /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/ |
| English | to follow | serve; service, affair |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 從 | 事 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1858 | 11486 |
| Phonetic component | 从 | 史 |
| Rime group | 東 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 從 | 事 |
| Old Chinese | /*zloŋ/ | /*zrɯs/ |
| Notes | | 史吏轉註字 |

### Verb

從事
* to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession); to do (work)
       Zhè wèi lǜshī zhuānmén cóngshì shèwài màoyì de yèwù. [Pinyin]
       This lawyer exclusively practices in international trade matters.
       Dàjiā dōu shì cóngshì nǎxiē jùtǐ gōngzuò de? [Pinyin]
       Specifically what kind of work is everybody doing?
* to deal with; to handle

#### Synonyms

* (to engage in): (literary, or in compounds) 就 (jiù)
* (to deal with):
* 備辦／备办 (Hokkien)
* 受理 (shòulǐ)
* 審理／审理 (shěnlǐ)
* 張羅／张罗
* 打理 (dǎlǐ)
* 操持 (cāochí)
* 擺劃／摆划 (bǎihua) (regional)
* 料理 (liàolǐ)
* 清理 (qīnglǐ)
* 理 (lǐ)
* 經辦／经办 (jīngbàn)
* 處分／处分 (chǔfèn) (literary)
* 處決／处决 (chǔjué)
* 處理／处理
* 處置／处置 (chǔzhì)
* 辦理／办理 (bànlǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 便宜從事／便宜从事 (biànyícóngshì)

#### Related terms

* 進行／进行 (jìnxíng)

### Noun

從事
* (archaic) aide to a commandery governor, provincial governor or senior minister

#### Derived terms

* 別駕從事／别驾从事 (biéjià cóngshì)