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常務

简 常务 · 繁 常務
Mandarin · pinyin cháng wù

Meanings

  1. routine
  2. everyday business
  3. daily operation (of a company)
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常
cháng · common, normal, frequent, regular
務
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务
wù · affairs, business; must, should
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2–4 · chang2 wu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng4 mou6

Cantonese word readings for 常務. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. everyday business; daily operation; routine

adj

  1. (attributive, of a committee) standing
  2. (attributive, of a meeting or position) executive

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