# 肇事 (zhàoshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 肇事 (zhàoshì) means “to cause an accident; to cause trouble”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to cause an accident; to cause trouble
- Pinyin: zhàoshì (zhao4 shi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 肇事司机已经被抓住了。
  Zhàoshì sījī yǐjīng bèi zhuāzhù le.
  The driver who caused the accident has been caught.

## Characters

- 肇 (zhào): at first; devise
- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing

https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-shi-cause-accident/

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