HSK 6 · Work

事务 shìwù “affairs” in Chinese

Traditional 事務

What 事务 means

  1. affairs
  2. matters
  3. work
  4. (political, economic etc) affairs
  5. transaction (as in a computer database)

How to say 事务

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale务wù4th tone, falling

事务 in a sentence

  1. 他无权干涉我们的家庭事务。

    Tā wúquán gānshè wǒmen de jiātíng shìwù.

    He has no right to interfere in our family affairs.

    Sentence #8635806 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你最好不要插手别人的事务。

    Nǐ zuìhǎo búyào chāshǒu biéren de shìwù.

    You’d better not meddle in other people’s affairs.

    Sentence #1409391 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他知道很多外国事务。

    Tā zhīdao hěn duō wàiguó shìwù.

    He knows a lot about foreign affairs.

    Sentence #805661 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 事务 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 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué
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 事务

事 8 strokes · 务 5 strokes

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

Words related to 事务

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

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职务zhíwù · post财务cáiwù · financial affairs

More words: Work & Career

请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions任命rènmìng · to appoint上级shàngjí · superior上任shàngrèn · to take office事业shìyè · career手艺shǒuyì · craftsmanship书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)

FAQs

事务 (shìwù) means “affairs” or “matters”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìwù: shì with a 4th 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, 事务 is written 事務. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事务 from the suggestions. Typing shiwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事务 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.