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to serve / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 2
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
civil servant; public servant
HSK 3
commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business
HSK 4
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
household duties / housework
HSK 4
post / position / job / duties
HSK 5
business / professional work / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
financial affairs
HSK 7-9
taxation services / state revenue service
HSK 7-9
(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
HSK 7-9
service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")
HSK 7-9
official business
HSK 7-9
debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness
HSK 7-9
must / to need to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
to deal with concrete matters / pragmatic
HSK 7-9
medical affairs
HSK 7-9
(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
HSK 7-9
server (computer) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 7-9
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical
government affairs
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
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  *务* | 务* | *务
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means
educational administration
to work as a laborer
service (on a train, a plane etc)
general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge
(pertaining to) defense
affairs of state
special assignment (military) / special agent / operative / spy
Secretary of State
water supply
routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)
farming / to work the land
legal affairs / in-house legal counsel
not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
key task / important affair
to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
service / duties / an orderly (military)
phone operator
foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning
party affairs / work within the Communist party
factory operations; factory administration
to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
military affairs
odd jobs; miscellaneous tasks
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
foreign affairs
urgent task / pressing matter
telegraph operator / radio operator
salesperson
(idiom) a matter of no great urgency
it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
worldly affairs
forum manager
(municipal) water authority
The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
customer service / client service
after-sales service
e-commerce
please (formal)
service industry
one-stop service
(Internet) service provider
Department of Trade / Department of Commerce
editing
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
employment service; job placement service; jobseeker assistance
infirmary / sick bay / CL: 個|个
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
Serve the People!, CCP political slogan
Quality of Service / QOS
to relieve from office / to sack
compulsory education
room service
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
taskbar (computing)
household chore
medical personnel
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
Cebu (province in the Philippines)
Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines
server (at a restaurant)
miscellaneous affairs
service provider
Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
morning call / wake-up call (hotel service)
(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances
software as a service (SaaS)
law firm
US Department of State
domain name server
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel / CL: 個|个,
(computing) task manager
provost

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