Definition
私事 (sī shì) is a noun meaning 'personal matters' or 'private affairs' — things that are not work- or public-related. It differs from 隐私 (yǐn sī 'privacy'), which emphasizes information you keep secret, and from 私下 (sī xià), which is a noun for 'private matters' but also used adverbially as 'in private'. 私人 (sī rén) is an attributive noun meaning 'private/personal' (e.g. 私人财产 'private property'), not a general term for affairs.
noun
personal mattersprivate affairs
Examples
- 私事。Shàngbān shíjiān bú yào chǔlǐ sī shì.Don't deal with personal matters during work hours.
- 私事,。Jiā li yǒu sī shì, wǒ jīntiān děi zǎo diǎn huíqù.I have personal matters at home, I have to go back earlier today.
- 私事。Wǒ bù xiǎng zài gōngsī tán sī shì.I don't want to talk about personal matters at the company.
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