HSK 5 · Money

商务 shāngwù “business” in Chinese

Traditional 商務

What 商务 means

  1. business
  2. commerce
  3. commercial affairs
  4. commercial

How to say 商务

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale商shāng1st 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

商务 in a sentence

  1. 这次去上海是商务旅行。

    Zhè cì qù Shànghǎi shì shāngwù lǚxíng.

    This trip to Shanghai is a business trip.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他买的是商务舱的机票。

    Tā mǎi de shì shāngwùcāng de jīpiào.

    He bought a business-class ticket.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 商务 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 商 (shāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
商shāngcommerce
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 冏bright · jiǒngMeaning part

冏 hints at the meaning (bright); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāng.

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 商务

商 11 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.

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

Words related to 商务

Words with 商

商店shāngdiàn · shop商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall商量shāngliang · to consult商业shāngyè · business经商jīngshāng · to be in business商品shāngpǐn · commodity磋商cuōshāng · to consult协商xiéshāng · to consult智商zhìshāng · IQ商标shāngbiāo · trademark

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义务yìwù · duty公务gōngwù · official business事务shìwù · affairs职务zhíwù · post财务cáiwù · financial affairs

More words: Money & Economy

破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt欠qiàn · to owe人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)商品shāngpǐn · commodity市场shìchǎng · marketplace税shuì · taxes损失sǔnshī · loss讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain

FAQs

商务 (shāngwù) means “business” or “commerce”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shāngwù: shāng 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, 商务 is written 商務. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 商务 from the suggestions. Typing shangwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
商务 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.