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家务

jiā wù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 家務

家务 (jiā wù) means "household duties". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 家务 means

1. household duties
2. housework

The characters in 家务

• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 务wùaffair; business; matter

Example sentences

• 她忙于家务。
  She was busy with household work.
• 我们同意分担家务。
  Wǒmen tóngyì fēndān jiāwù.
  We agreed to share the housework.
• 我每天都帮我妈做家务。
  Wǒ měitiān dōu bāng wǒ mā zuò jiāwù.
  I help my mother with the housework every day.
• 他主动帮他妈妈做家务。
  Tā zhǔdòng bāng tā māma zuò jiāwù.
  He takes the initiative in helping his mother do the housework.
• 我哥从来不帮我做家务。
  My brother never helps me do the housework.
• 夫妻分担家务的情况愈来愈普遍。
  Fūqī fēndān jiāwù de qíngkuàng yù lái yù pǔbiàn.
  More and more married couples share household chores.

Words starting with 家务

• 家务活jiā wù huóhousehold chore

Words containing 家务

• 清官难断家务事qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shìeven an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute…

Where 家务 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Relationships & Marriage (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 jiā wù correctly.
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