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事务

Traditional: 事務

shì wù

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

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shì wù · si6 mou6 (Jyutping)

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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

事

Meaning
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
Radical
亅
Strokes
8
Components
⿻⿳一口彐亅
Cangjie
JLLN
Four-corner
5000.7

务

Meaning
affairs, business; must, should
Radical
夂
Strokes
5
Components
⿱夂力
Cangjie
HEKS
Four-corner
2742

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