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义务

yì wù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 義務 Measure word 项

义务 (yì wù) means "duty, obligation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 义务 means

1. duty; obligation
2. volunteer (work etc)

The characters in 义务

• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning
• 务wùaffair; business; matter

Example sentences

• 这是您的义务。
  Zhè shì nín de yìwù.
  That's your responsibility.
• 你有义务还债。
  Nǐ yǒu yìwù huánzhài.
  You're liable for the debt.
• 我觉得有义务。
  I felt obligated.
• 帮助是我们的义务。
  Bāngzhù shì wǒmen de yìwù.
  It's our duty to help.
• 我并没有义务帮助你。
  I actually don't have an obligation to help you.
• 遵守法律是我们的义务。
  Zūnshǒu fǎlǜ shì wǒmen de yìwù.
  It's our duty to obey the law.

Words starting with 义务

• 义务教育yì wù jiào yùcompulsory education
• 义务工作者yì wù gōng zuò zhěvolunteer; voluntary worker

Words containing 义务

• 公民义务gōng mín yì wùcivil obligation; a citizen's duty
• 尽义务jìn yì wùto fulfill one's duty; to work without asking for reward

Sounds the same

Read yì wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 异物rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter

Where 义务 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, Rights & Democracy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì wù correctly.
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