指事

zhǐ shì

ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters), Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down, also known as self-explanatory character

请指一下方向。

qǐng zhǐ yī xià fāng xiàng。

Please point me in the right direction.

我可以指一下那个字吗？

wǒ kě yǐ zhǐ yī xià nuó gè zì ma？

May I point to that word?

什么别的事

shén me bié de shì

What other things?

这故事很精彩

zhè gù shi hěn jīng cǎi

This story is wonderful

她做事很认真。

tā zuò shì hěn rèn zhēn。

She works very seriously.

她做事很细心。

tā zuò shì hěn xì xīn。

She is very careful.

你从事什么工作

nǐ cóng shì shén me gōng zuò

What job to you do (You engage what job)

她做事非常周详

tā zuò shì fēi cháng zhōu xiáng

Her work is very thorough

事实上，你很聪明。

shì shí shàng， nǐ hěn cōng ming。

In fact, you are very smart.

我想了很多事情

wǒ xiǎng le hěn duō shì qing

I want a lot of things.