务 (務) wù

1. wù noun affairs; business; matter; activity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 事务; for example, in 韓非子·詭使 ”Han Feizi”, Absurd Encouragements: 本務 'primary duties' (trans. by Liao 1939, ch. 45; ABC 'wù' bf 1; Guoyu '務' n 1; Kroll 2015 '務' 3; NCCED '务' 1; Unihan '務')
2. wù verb to labor at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 务农 (ABC 'wù' bf 3; Guoyu '務' v 1; Kroll 2015 '務' 1; NCCED '务' 2)
3. wù adverb must; should
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 务必 (ABC 'wù' bf 2; Guoyu '務' adv; Kroll 2015 '務' 2a; NCCED '务' 4; Unihan '務')
4. wù verb to pursue; to seek; to strive for
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 务求 (ABC 'wù' bf 2; Guoyu '務' v 2; NCCED '务' 3)
5. wù noun a necessity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '務' 2)
6. wù noun tax office
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: (Guoyu '務' n 2)
7. wù proper noun Wu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '務' n 3)

Contained in

• 海峡两岸服务贸易协议(海峽兩岸服務貿易協議) Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA)
• 性服务产业(性服務產業) sex service industry
• 国务长官(國務長官) secretary of state (especially historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
• 清官难断家务事(清官難斷家務事) even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute
• 管家职务(管家職務) stewardship
• 不务正业(不務正業) not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
• 务期(務期) it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
• 银行业务(銀行業務) banking
• 公务(公務) public affairs; official business
• 国务卿(國務卿) Secretary of State
• 叫醒服务(叫醒服務) morning call; wake-up call (hotel service)
• 杂务(雜務) various jobs; menial work
• 高级职务(高級職務) high position; senior post
• 税务(稅務) taxation services; state revenue service
• 政务(政務) government affairs
• 识时务(識時務) to have a clear view of things
• 性服务(性服務) sexual service; prostitution
• 业务(業務) business; profession; vocation
• 作务(作務) to work; to serve
• 传送服务(傳送服務) delivery service
• 商务部(商務部) Department of Trade
• 事务(事務) affairs; a matter
• 国务(國務) affairs of state
• 网路特务(網路特務) anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator
• 业务员(業務員) salesperson
• 服务质量(服務質量) Quality of Service; QOS
• 广播和未知服务器(廣播和未知服務器) Broadcast and Unknown Server / BUS
• 洋务(洋務) foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
• 客户服务部(客戶服務部) customer service division
• 务工(務工) to work on a project
• 服务提供者(服務提供者) service provider
• 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
• 医务室(醫務室) medical clinic
• 首席财务官(首席財務官) chief financial officer (CFO)
• 实务(實務) practice (customary action, as opposed to theory); practical
• 财务软件(財務軟件) financial software; accounting software
• 掌理会务(掌理會務) to manage social affairs

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Truncated for common words

• 卷一百八十五 志第一百三十八 食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百八十九 志第一百四十二 兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百八十三 志第一百三十六 食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
• 卷八十三 列傳第三十三: 郭孝恪 張儉 蘇定方 薛仁貴 程務挺 張士貴 趙道興 Volume 83 Biographies 33: Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Jian, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Shigui, Zhao Daoxing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 23
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
• 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 21
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 20
• 卷一百七十九 志第一百三十二 食貨下一 Volume 179 Treatises 132: Finance and Economics 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷四十六 列傳第十六 劉頌 李重 Volume 46 Biographies 16: Liu Song; Li Zhong Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18

Collocations

• 务德 (務德) 齊侯不務德而勤遠略 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 务人 (務人) 其宰公冉務人止之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 务去 (務去) 君人者將禍是務去 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 务时 (務時) 務時敏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 4
• 务求 (務求) 必務求興天下之利 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 4
• 圣王务 (聖王務) 是以聖王務行禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 五务 (五務) 法有五務 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 3
• 务地利 (務地利) 不務地利則倉廩不盈 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 3
• 君子务 (君子務) 吾聞君子務在擇人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 务施 (務施) 句踐能親而務施 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3