务 — affair; business; matter
affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to
- Pinyin
- wù
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 务: 5 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 务 in the HSK syllabus: 23
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 服务fúwùto serve; serviceHSK 3
- 任务rènwumission; assignment; task; duty; roleHSK 4
- 乘务员chéngwùyuánattendant on an airplane, train, boat etcHSK 5
- 公务员gōngwùyuáncivil servant; public servantHSK 5
- 家务jiāwùhousehold duties; houseworkHSK 5
- 商务shāngwùcommercial affairs; commercial; commerce; businessHSK 5
- 业务yèwùbusiness; professional work; serviceHSK 5
- 义务yìwùduty; obligation; volunteerHSK 5
- 财务cáiwùfinancial affairs; financeHSK 6
- 事务shìwùaffairs; work; transactionHSK 6
- 职务zhíwùpost; position; job; dutiesHSK 6
- 当务之急dāngwùzhījítop priority job; a matter of the greatest urgencyHSK 7–9
- 服务器fúwùqìserverHSK 7–9
- 公务gōngwùofficial businessHSK 7–9
- 国务院guówùyuànState Council; State DepartmentHSK 7–9
- 劳务láowùservice; servicesHSK 7–9
- 事务所shìwùsuǒbusiness office; firmHSK 7–9
- 税务shuìwùtaxation services; state revenue serviceHSK 7–9
- 务必wùbìmust; to need to; to be sure toHSK 7–9
- 务工wùgōngto work as a laborerHSK 7–9
- 务实wùshíto deal with concrete matters; pragmaticHSK 7–9
- 医务yīwùmedical affairsHSK 7–9
- 债务zhàiwùdebt; liability; amount due; indebtednessHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.