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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wù | wu4
English translation
affairs, business; should; must

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

affairs

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

矛务

Semantic compound

máo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compount. máo represents the sound, while and both represent the meaning. The traditional component máo was removed for simplification.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
任务 rènwu mission任務
服务 fú wù to serve服務
业务 yèwù business業務
事务所 shì wù suǒ office事務所
义务 yìwù duty義務
财务 cáiwù financial affairs財務
国务院 Guówùyuàn State Council (PRC)國務院
商务 shāngwù commercial商務
事务 shìwù work事務
服务员 fúwùyuán waiter服務員
服务器 fú wù qì server (computer)服務器
职务 zhíwù post職務
债务 zhài wù debt債務
服务生 fú wù shēng server (at a restaurant)服務生
公务员 gōng wù yuán functionary公務員
affair
家务 jiāwù housework家務
公务 gōngwù official business公務
医务 yī wù medical affairs醫務
税务 shuì wù taxation services稅務
务必 wùbì must務必
服务业 fú wù yè service industry服務業
商务部 Shāng wù bù Department of Trade商務部
常务 cháng wù routine常務
国务卿 guó wù qīng Secretary of State國務卿

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