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

• 杂务(雜務) various jobs; menial work
• 银行业务(銀行業務) banking
• 公务员(公務員) functionary; office-bearer
• 传输服务(傳輸服務) transport service
• 服务生(服務生) server
• 务刚其气(務剛其氣) to strive to maintain one's vital force
• 除恶务尽(除惡務盡) to eradicate evil completely; thorough in rooting out wickedness
• 副国务卿(副國務卿) Under-Secretary of State
• 医务所(醫務所) clinic
• 洋务学堂(洋務學堂) college of Western learning in late Qing
• 任务(任務) mission; assignment; task; duty
• 管家职务(管家職務) stewardship
• 服务质量(服務質量) Quality of Service; QOS
• 妨害公务(妨害公務) obstructing government administration
• 财务秘书(財務秘書) treasurer
• 党务(黨務) party affairs; work within the Communist party
• 公务人员(公務人員) a government functionary
• 医务人员(醫務人員) medical personnel
• 性服务产业(性服務產業) sex service industry
• 商务(商務) commerce; business
• 学务(學務) educational affairs
• 服务提供者(服務提供者) service provider
• 教务长(教務長) dean; provost
• 服务(服務) to serve ; a service
• 首席财务官(首席財務官) chief financial officer (CFO)
• 洋务派(洋務派) the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
• 义务教育(義務教育) compulsory education
• 财务大臣(財務大臣) finance minister
• 税务局(稅務局) Tax Bureau; Inland Revenue Department
• 机务段(機務段) locomotive depot
• 义务(義務) duty; obligation ; voluntary ; conscripted
• 战务(戰務) military affairs
• 务中园(務中園) worked in the fields
• 国务院(國務院) Department of State (USA); State Council (China)
• 网路特务(網路特務) anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator
• 税务(稅務) taxation services; state revenue service
• 劳务市场(勞務市場) labor market
• 勤俭为服务之本(勤儉為服務之本) hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service
• 外务(外務) foreign affairs

Also contained in

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• 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
• 卷五十七　志第三十八:　百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — 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
• 五务 (五務) 法有五務 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 3
• 三务 (三務) 三務成功 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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
• 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