# 事态 (shìtài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 事态 (shìtài) means “situation; state of affairs”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: situation; state of affairs
- Pinyin: shìtài (shi4 tai4)
- Traditional: 事態
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 警方很快控制了事态的发展。
  Jǐngfāng hěn kuài kòngzhìle shìtài de fāzhǎn.
  The police quickly brought the situation under control.

## Characters

- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing
- 态 (tài): appearance; shape

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-tai-situation/

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