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

• 社会服务(社會服務) social service
• 义务(義務) duty; obligation ; voluntary ; conscripted
• 时务(時務) the key task at hand ; season
• 综合服务数位网络(綜合服務數位網絡) Integrated Services Digital Network / ISDN
• 战务(戰務) military affairs
• 职务(職務) a post; a position
• 通信服务(通信服務) communication service
• 党务(黨務) party affairs; work within the Communist party
• 洋务(洋務) foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
• 电子商务(電子商務) e-commerce
• 间接义务(間接義務) indirect obligation
• 债务证券(債務證券) debt security; collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
• 劳务交换(勞務交換) labor exchanges
• 商务部(商務部) Department of Trade
• 国务院(國務院) Department of State (USA); State Council (China)
• 邮务士(郵務士) mailman
• 空中乘务员(空中乘務員) flight attendant
• 掌理会务(掌理會務) to manage social affairs
• 洋务学堂(洋務學堂) college of Western learning in late Qing
• 林务(林務) forestry
• 联合包裹服务公司(聯合包裹服務公司) United Parcel Service (UPS)
• 整体数位服务网路(整體數位服務網路) Integrated Service Digital Network / ISDN
• 中央常务委员会(中央常務委員會) central standing committee
• 简氏防务周刊(簡氏防務週刊) Jane's defense weekly
• 寓管理于服务之中(寓管理于服務之中) integrated services management
• 善终服务 palliative care
• 余留事务(餘留事務) unfinished business
• 首席财务官(首席財務官) chief financial officer (CFO)
• 庶务(庶務) general affairs
• 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
• 医务室(醫務室) medical clinic
• 世务(世務) worldly affairs
• 勤务(勤務) service; duties ; an orderly
• 教务(教務) educational affairs; school administration ; church affairs
• 内务(內務) internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace

Also contained in

中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 、 多任务处理 、 国务院港澳事务办公室 、 常务理事 、 应用服务提供商 、 网路服务 、 国务院法制局 、 拒绝服务攻击 、 务川自治县 、 美国总统国家安全事务助理 、 特别任务连 、 域名服务器 、 邮件用户清单服务 、 客户服务器结构 、 基础设施即服务 、 国务院总理

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷三百〇六 列傳第六十五 謝泌 孫何 朱台符 戚綸 張去華 樂黃目 柴成務 Volume 306 Biographies 65: Xie Bi, Sun He, Zhu Taifu, Qi Lun, Zhang Quhua, Le Huangmu, Chai Chengwu History of Song 宋史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 冉务 (冉務) 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: 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
• 五务 (五務) 法有五務 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — 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