- 事件相关电位 shìjiànxiāngguāndiànwèi event-related potential(neuroscience) event-related potential
- 亚罗号事件 Yàluó Hào Shìjiàn Arrow Incidentthe Arrow Incident of 1856 (pretext for the Second Opium War)
- 偶然事件 ǒuránshìjiàn accidenta random accident or chance event occurring by coincidence rather than design
- 六四事件 Liù Sì Shìjiàn Tiananmen IncidentTiananmen Incident of June 4, 1989
- 历史事件 lìshǐshìjiàn historical eventhistorical incident
- 柳条湖事件 Liǔtiáo Hú Shìjiàn Mukden IncidentThe incident on September 18, 1931, involving a bomb explosion on the South Manchuria Railway used by Japan as a pretext to invade Manchuria.
- 核事件 héshìjiàn nuclear incident
- 水门事件 Shuǐmén Shìjiàn Watergate scandalthe Watergate scandal
- 突发事件 tūfāshìjiàn emergencya sudden, unexpected occurrence or incident that often requires immediate action
- 紧急事件 jǐnjíshìjiàn emergency
- 美丽岛事件 Měilì Dǎo Shìjiàn Kaohsiung IncidentKaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period
- 群体性事件 qúntǐxìngshìjiàn mass incidentmass incident (PRC term for incidents of social unrest, including rioting, melees and petition campaigns)