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服务
fúwù
Main
English Definitionto serve; service
Simplified Script服务
Traditional Script服務
Pinyinfúwù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)fuk6mou6
Part of Speech(名) noun, (动) verb
Measure Words
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=4,7
Word Decomposition
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes
affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means

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Words With Same Head Word    
服装fúzhuāngdress; clothing; costume; clothes
服饰fúshìapparel; clothing and personal adornment
服从fúcóngto obey (an order); to comply; to defer
服刑fúxíngto serve a prison sentence
服用fúyòngto take (medicine)
Words With Same Tail Word    
业务yèwùbusiness; professional work; service
义务yìwùduty; obligation; volunteer (work etc)
职务zhíwùpost; position; job; duties
事务shìwù(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
公务gōngwùofficial business
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