事務

See also: 事务

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	affair; business; matter
trad. (事務)		事	務
simp. (事务)		事	务

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ mou⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-vu
• Min Dong (BUC): sê̤ṳ-ô
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sū-bū / sīr-bū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ bhu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwù
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwuh
    • Palladius: шиу (šiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 世務／世务 事務／事务 事物 飾物／饰物

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: sih mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² mou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ vu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-ô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ou²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-bū
    • Tâi-lô: sū-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxbu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ bu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ bu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ bu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-bū
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-bū
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² bu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se⁷ bhu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ bŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ¹¹ bu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʒɨ^H  mɨo^H/

Rime
Character	事	務
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	鉏吏切	亡遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨH/	/mɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/	/mioH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒieH/	/mioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/	/muə̆H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiəH/	/mioH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭəH/	/mĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/	/mi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s  m(r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zrɯs  moɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	事	務
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ dzriH ›	‹ mjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/	/*m(r)o-s/
English	serve; service, affair	exert oneself
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	事	務
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11486	8849
Phonetic component	史	矛
Rime group	之	竇
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	事	務
Old Chinese	/*zrɯs/	/*moɡs/
Notes	史吏轉註字

Noun

事務

1. routine work
2. general affairs

   涉外事務／涉外事务  ―  shèwài shìwù  ―  foreign affairs

3. (literary) secular affairs; worldly affairs

Synonyms

• (general affairs): 總務／总务 (zǒngwù)
• (secular affairs):

edit

• 世事 (shìshì)
• 世務／世务 (shìwù)

• 塵事／尘事 (chénshì)
• 塵務／尘务 (chénwù)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 事務

• 不諳事務／不谙事务
• 事務官／事务官 (shìwùguān)
• 事務所／事务所 (shìwùsuǒ)
• 事務處／事务处

• 國際事務／国际事务 (guójì shìwù)
• 外交事務／外交事务 (wàijiāo shìwù)
• 大小事務／大小事务
• 家庭事務／家庭事务 (jiātíng shìwù)

Related terms

• 事情 (shìqing)
• 事物 (shìwù)
• 物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
• 物質／物质 (wùzhì)
• 現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	務
じ Grade: 3	む Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​む [jíꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [(d͡)ʑimɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

事(じ)務(む) • (jimu) 

1. business, clerical work

   こちらで事務(じむ)手続(てつづ)きを行(おこな)ってください。

   Kochira de jimu tetsuzuki o okonatte kudasai.

   Do your paperwork here.

Derived terms

• 事(じ)務(む)員(いん) (jimuin)
• 事(じ)務(む)室(しつ) (jimushitsu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	務

Noun

事務 • (samu) (hangeul 사무)

1. Hanja form^? of 사무 (“clerical work”).