Meaning
affair; business; matter
Chinese: 事务、事情，也表示从事或务必。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “wu” becomes a different word in each tone. 务 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 服务fú wùto serve; service
- 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel
- 任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty
- 公务员gōng wù yuáncivil servant; public servant
- 义务yì wùduty; obligation (; volunteer (work etc)
Example Sentence
这是我们必须完成的任务。Zhè shì wǒ men bì xū wán chéng de rèn wu.This is the task we must complete.
这Zhèthis是shìis我们wǒ menwe必须bì xūto have to完成wán chéngto complete的deof任务rèn wumission。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 務. It means ‘affairs, business, a task; to be engaged in; must, be sure to’ (任务, 服务, 务必).
A way to remember it
‘Affairs / to be engaged in / must’: 任务, 服务.