HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Action

服务 fúwù “to serve” in Chinese

Traditional 服務

What 服务 means

  1. to serve
  2. service

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项服务 yí xiàng fúwù

How to say 服务

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale服fú2nd 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

服务 in a sentence

  1. 这家酒店服务很好。

    Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn fúwù hěn hǎo.

    The service at this hotel is very good.

    Sentence #9953258 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这里的服务很糟糕。

    Zhèlǐ de fúwù hěn zāogāo.

    The service here is awful.

    Sentence #4813627 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我能为您服务吗？

    Wǒ néng wèi nín fúwù ma?

    Can I be of service to you?

    Sentence #845484 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 服务 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 服 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
服fúclothes
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
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 服务

服 8 strokes · 务 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 服务

Words with 服

衣服yīfu · clothes服务员fúwùyuán · waiter舒服shūfu · comfortable服装fúzhuāng · dress说服shuōfú · to persuade克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)佩服pèifú · to admire制服zhìfú · uniform服从fúcóng · to obey屈服qūfú · to yield

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter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财务cáiwù · financial affairs

More words: Action & Change Verbs

查chá · to check做到zuòdào · to accomplish带来dàilái · to bring (about)变成biànchéng · to turn into进入jìnrù · to enter生shēng · to be born算suàn · to calculate改gǎi · to change

FAQs

服务 (fúwù) means “to serve” or “service”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it fúwù: fú 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, 服务 is written 服務. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one to serve is 一项服务 (yí xiàng fúwù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 服务 from the suggestions. Typing fuwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
服务 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.