事幹 [－干]

Jyutping si6 gon3
Pinyin shì gàn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. matter (as in "What's the matter?")
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    「​事​」​比較​舊​式​嘅​講​法​（​量​詞​：​件​）
    matter; business; an issue of non-trivial importance
    • 多多事幹
      多多事干
      do1 do1 si6 gon3
      to be nosy
    • 因乜事幹你會嚟？
      因乜事干你会嚟？
      jan1 mat1 si6 gon3 nei5 wui5 lai4?
      What brings you here?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese
    matter; affair; business; thing
    (syn.) 行當, 生活, 工作, 飯碗頭 figuratively, 路子, 職業, 飯碗 figuratively, 路, 工, 好代, 穡頭, 事, 事幹 dated, 職, 路子徑, 事計, 事體, 穡路, 營生, 事幹, 出數, 路徑, 代誌, 工課, 事兒, 事情, 道路, 業, GT - General Taiwaneseno specific region identified), 頭路, 生意
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 事兒 – 事儿
  2. 事情
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    实在闲得没事干。
    實在閒得沒事幹。
    shí zài xián dé méi shì gàn 。
    • I'm bored and I have nothing to do.
  2. Mandarin
    她昨天没事干。
    她昨天沒事幹。
    tā zuó tiān méi shì gàn 。
    • She had nothing to do yesterday.
  3. Mandarin
    没知识的无事干，没事干的无饭吃。
    沒知識的無事幹，沒事幹的無飯吃。
    méi zhī shi de wú shì gàn ， méi shì gàn de wú fàn chī 。
    • Those without knowledge can do nothing, and those who can do nothing can eat nothing.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    诸多事干
    諸多事幹
    zyu1 do1 si6 gon3
    • loads of matters
  2. Cantonese
    佢械箭射完我，又埋嚟械条大棍扑我，都唔明解佢做咩嘢事干。
    佢械箭射完我，又埋嚟械條大棍扑我，都唔明解佢做咩嘢事幹。
    • First he shot me with an arrow, then he came over and hit me with a stick. I have no idea what he's doing.
  3. Cantonese
    多多事干
    多多事幹
    do1 do1 si6 gon3
    • to be nosy
  4. Cantonese
    因乜事干你会嚟？
    因乜事幹你會嚟？
    jan1 mat1 si6 gon3 nei5 wui5 lai4?
    • What brings you here?
  5. Cantonese
    佢好烦，成日多多事干咁。
    佢好煩，成日多多事幹咁。
    keoi5 hou2 faan4, sing4 jat6 do1 do1 si6 gon3 gam2.
    • She is very annoying and meddlesome.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我天天上班没事干。
    我天天上班沒事幹。
    wǒ tiān tiān shàng bān méi shì gàn ．
    • There's never anything for me to do at work.
  2. Mandarin
    我没什么事干，正无聊着。
    我沒什麼事幹，正無聊着。
    wǒ méi shén me shì gàn ， zhèng wú liáo zhe ．
    • I haven't been up to much, just being bored.