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事务

shì wù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 事務

事务 (shì wù) means "(political, economic etc) affairs". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 事务 means

1. (political, economic etc) affairs
2. work
3. transaction (as in a computer database)

The characters in 事务

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 务wùaffair; business; matter

Example sentences

• 他知道很多外国事务。
  Tā zhīdào hěn duō wàiguó shìwù.
  He knows a lot about foreign affairs.
• 你最好不要插手别人的事务。
  Nǐ zuì hǎobù yào chāshǒu biéren de shìwù.
  It's best if you don't poke your nose into other people's business.
• 你没有干涉他人事务的权力。
  Nǐ méiyǒu gānshè tārén shìwù de quánlì.
  You have no right to interfere in other people's affairs.
• 他无权干涉我们的家庭事务。
  He has no right to interfere in our family affairs.
• 罗素是一个极出色的哲学家，可是他对日常生活中的事务却是一窍不通。
  Luósù shì yī gè jí chūsè de zhéxuéjiā, kěshì tā duì Rì cháng shēnghuó zhōng de shìwù quèshì yīqiàobùtōng.
  Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.
• 斯蒂芬·奥布莱恩，联合国负责人道主义事务副秘书长兼紧急救济协调员，声称在也门、索马里、南苏丹和尼日利亚，超过2000万人面临饥荒的威胁。
  Sīdìfēn · ào Bùlái'ēn, Liánhéguó fùzérén dào zhǔyì shìwù fùmìshūzhǎng jiān jǐnjí jiùjì xiétiáoyuán, shēngchēng zài Yěmén, Suǒmǎlǐ, Nán Sūdān hé Nírìlìyà, chāoguò 2000 wànrén miànlín jīhuāng de wēixié.
  Stephen O'Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.

Words starting with 事务

• 事务所shì wù suǒbusiness office; firm
• 事务律师shì wù lǜ shīsolicitor (law)
• 事务繁忙shì wù fán mángto be swamped with pressing affairs; to be snowed under with work

Words containing 事务

• 律师事务所lǜ shī shì wù suǒlaw firm
• 内部事务nèi bù shì wùinternal affairs
• 外交事务wài jiāo shì wùforeign affairs
• 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处Lián hé guó Nán mín Shì wù Gāo jí Zhuān yuán Bàn shì chùOffice of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• 国务院港澳事务办公室Guó wù yuàn Gǎng Ào Shì wù Bàn gōng shìHong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
• 国务院台湾事务办公室Guó wù yuàn Tái wān Shì wù Bàn gōng shìTaiwan Affairs Office

Sounds the same

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

• 事物thing; object
• 饰物decorations; jewelry
• 世务worldly affairs

Where 事务 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì wù correctly.
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