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义务

yìwù
nounHSK 4

“Duty” in Chinese is 义务 (yìwù).

Meaning

  • duty; obligation
  • volunteer (work etc)

Example

这是您的义务。

That's your responsibility.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yìHSK 33 strokes(Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])wùHSK 25 strokesaffair

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Not to be confused with: 遗物 (yíwù, personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains) · 医务 (yīwù, medical affairs)