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务

wù

HSK 2 Character Traditional 務

What 务 means

1. affair
2. business
3. matter
4. to be engaged in
5. to attend to
6. by all means

Example sentences

• 任务完成。
  Mission accomplished.
• 招聘服务员。
  Zhāopìn fúwùyuán.
  Waiter needed.
• 她忙于家务。
  She was busy with household work.
• 我叫服务员。
  I'm calling the waiter.
• 我是服务员。
  I'm a waiter.
• 我是服务生。
  I'm a waiter.

Words starting with 务

• 务必wù bìmust; to need to; to be sure to
• 务实wù shíto deal with concrete matters; pragmatic
• 务工wù gōngto work as a laborer
• 务农wù nóngfarming; to work the land
• 务请wù qǐngplease (formal)
• 务期wù qīit is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
• 务虚wù xūto discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
• 务川仡佬族苗族自治县Wù chuān Gē lǎo zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànWuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, in Zunyi City 遵义市
• 务川Wù chuānsee 务川仡佬族苗族自治县
• 务川县Wù chuān Xiànsee 务川仡佬族苗族自治县

Words containing 务

• 服务fú wùto serve; service
• 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter; waitress; attendant
• 任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role
• 业务yè wùbusiness; professional work; service
• 义务yì wùduty; obligation; volunteer (work etc)
• 家务jiā wùhousehold duties; housework
• 财务cái wùfinancial affairs; finance
• 职务zhí wùpost; position; job
• 国务院Guó wù yuàn(mainland) State Council; (USA) State Department
• 事务shì wù(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
• 常务cháng wùroutine; everyday business; daily operation (of a company)
• 公务gōng wùofficial business
• 乘务员chéng wù yuánattendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
• 当务之急dāng wù zhī jí(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
• 商务shāng wùcommercial affairs; commercial; commerce
• 服务器fú wù qìserver (computer)
• 公务员gōng wù yuáncivil servant; public servant
• 特务tè wuspecial assignment (military); special agent; operative
• 债务zhài wùdebt; liability; amount due
• 服务生fú wù shēngserver (at a restaurant)
• 义务教育yì wù jiào yùcompulsory education
• 税务shuì wùtaxation services; state revenue service
• 事务所shì wù suǒbusiness office; firm
• 医务yī wùmedical affairs

Characters that look like 务

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 各gèeach; every
• 圣shèng(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 舌shétongue
• 夯hāngto ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good

Sounds the same

Read wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 物(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 误mistake; error; to miss
• 雾fog; mist
• 晤to meet (socially)
• 悟to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 勿do not
• 戊fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 坞(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 兀(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
• 恶to hate; to loathe; ashamed
• 乌used in 乌拉; used in 乌拉草
• 骛(bound form) to rush about; to strive for