HSK 5 · Work

业务 yèwù “business” in Chinese

Traditional 業務

What 业务 means

  1. business
  2. professional work
  3. service

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项业务 yí xiàng yèwù

How to say 业务

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th 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

业务 in a sentence

  1. 我们需要改进我们的客服业务。

    Wǒmen xūyào gǎijìn wǒmen de kèfú yèwù.

    We need to improve our customer service.

    Sentence #13527719 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 不是的，他是我们的业务主管。

    Bú shì de, tā shì wǒmen de yèwù zhǔguǎn.

    No, he’s our business manager.

    Sentence #389054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他对他的新业务感到紧张。

    Tā duì tā de xīn yèwù gǎndào jǐnzhāng.

    He felt nervous about his new business.

    Sentence #781443 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 业务 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 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 业务

业 5 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.

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

Words related to 业务

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation专业zhuānyè · major (at university)职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve任务rènwu · mission家务jiāwù · household duties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: Work & Career

文件wénjiàn · document项目xiàngmù · item销售xiāoshòu · to sell行业hángyè · trade营业yíngyè · to do business员工yuángōng · employee中介zhōngjiè · agency专家zhuānjiā · expert

FAQs

业务 (yèwù) means “business” or “professional work”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yèwù: yè 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, 业务 is written 業務. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one business is 一项业务 (yí xiàng yèwù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yewu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 业务 from the suggestions. Typing yewu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
业务 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.