HSK 5 · Family

家务 jiāwù “household duties” in Chinese

Traditional 家務

What 家务 means

  1. household duties
  2. housework

How to say 家务

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale家jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale务wù4th tone, falling

家务 in a sentence

  1. 我每天都帮我妈做家务。

    Wǒ měitiān dōu bāng wǒ mā zuò jiāwù.

    I help my mother with the housework every day.

    Sentence #1235645 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们同意分担家务。

    Wǒmen tóngyì fēndān jiāwù.

    We agreed to share the housework.

    Sentence #865370 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 夫妻分担家务的情况愈来愈普遍。

    Fūqī fēndān jiāwù de qíngkuàng yùláiyù pǔbiàn.

    Couples sharing the housework is becoming more and more common.

    Sentence #1450197 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 家务 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 家 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
家jiāhome
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 豕pig · shǐSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 豕 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiā.

Memory aidA pig 豕 under a roof 宀: a home, a family.

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 家务

家 10 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.

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

Words related to 家务

Words with 家

家jiā · home家人jiārén · family member大家dàjiā · everyone国家guójiā · country画家huàjiā · painter搬家bānjiā · to move house作家zuòjiā · writer家具jiājù · furniture家庭jiātíng · family家乡jiāxiāng · hometown

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve任务rènwu · mission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: People, Body & Health

姑娘gūniang · girl伙伴huǒbàn · partner交往jiāowǎng · to associate with家庭jiātíng · family嘉宾jiābīn · esteemed guest嫁jià · (of a woman) to marry舅舅jiùjiu · mother’s brother老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people

FAQs

家务 (jiāwù) means “household duties” or “housework”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiāwù: jiā with a 1st 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, 家务 is written 家務. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiawu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 家务 from the suggestions. Typing jiawu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
家务 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.