HSK 6 · Money

财务 cáiwù “financial affairs” in Chinese

Traditional 財務

What 财务 means

  1. financial affairs
  2. finance

How to say 财务

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale财cái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale务wù4th tone, falling

财务 in a sentence

  1. 他在一家公司的财务部工作。

    Tā zài yì jiā gōngsī de cáiwù bù gōngzuò.

    He works in the finance department of a company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要认真管理家庭财务。

    Wǒmen yào rènzhēn guǎnlǐ jiātíng cáiwù.

    We need to manage the family finances carefully.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 财务 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 财 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
财cáimoney
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

The character 务 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
务wùaffair
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidPicture setting off 夂 with all your strength 力: to work at a task.

How to write 财务

财 7 strokes · 务 5 strokes

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财务 (cáiwù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 财务 (cáiwù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 财务

Words with 财

财产cáichǎn · property财富cáifù · wealth财政cáizhèng · public finance发财fācái · to get rich

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve任务rènwu · mission家务jiāwù · household duties业务yèwù · business商务shāngwù · business义务yìwù · duty公务gōngwù · official business事务shìwù · affairs职务zhíwù · post

More words: Money & Economy

补贴bǔtiē · subsidy财富cáifù · wealth采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket财政cáizhèng · public finance偿还chánghuán · to repay畅销chàngxiāo · best-selling产业chǎnyè · industry

FAQs

财务 (cáiwù) means “financial affairs” or “finance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cáiwù: cái with a 2nd tone, then wù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 财务 is written 財務. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caiwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 财务 from the suggestions. Typing caiwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
财务 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.