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業務

简业务 · 繁業務

Mandarin · pinyin yè wù

business
professional work
service
Classifier: 項 xiàng

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業: Look up this written character
務: Look up this written character
业: yè · profession, business; GB radical 111
务: wù · affairs, business; must, should

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4–4 · ye4 wu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jip6 mou6

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noun

business; commercial activity; trade; operations
(regional) short for 業務員／业务员 (yèwùyuán)

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