服务

Character by character

• 服fú8 strokesHSK 1clothes; wear, dress
• 务wù6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 務affairs, business; must, should

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我是服务员。

  Wǒ shì fú wù yuán

  I'm a waiter.

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• 我是服务生。

  Wǒ shì fú wù shēng

  I'm a waiter.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 服务. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 任务rèn wuHSK 3

  mission; assignment; task; duty; role

• 衣服yī fuHSK 1

  clothes

• 服fúHSK 6

  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

• 舒服shū fuHSK 2

  comfortable; feeling well

• 服装fú zhuāngHSK 3

  dress; clothing; costume; clothes

• 业务yè wùHSK 5

  business; professional work; service

• 义务yì wùHSK 4

  duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc)

• 财务cái wùHSK 7

  financial affairs

• 克服kè fúHSK 3

  (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure

• 事务所shì wù suǒHSK 7

  office; firm

• 事务shì wùHSK 7

  (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)

• 说服shuō fúHSK 4

  to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]

• 服用fú yòngHSK 7

  to take (medicine)

• 服务器fú wù qìHSK 7

  server (computer)

• 债务zhài wùHSK 7

  debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness

• 服务员fú wù yuánHSK 3

  waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel

• 职务zhí wùHSK 5

  post; position; job; duties

• 商务shāng wùHSK 4

  commercial affairs; commercial; commerce; business

• 征服zhēng fúHSK 4

  to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish

• 制服zhì fúHSK 7

  to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees)

• 服从fú cóngHSK 5

  to obey (an order); to comply; to defer

• 国务院guó wù yuàn

  State Council (PRC); State Department (USA)

• 佩服pèi fúHSK 7

  to admire

• 礼服lǐ fúHSK 7

  ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)