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

(Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ mu^ˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-ô
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sū-bū / sīr-bū

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ bhu⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-wu; ⁶zy-vu

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:
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    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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-vu
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii vu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ vu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ mu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ mu¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-ô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ou²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-wu; ⁶zy-vu
  - MiniDict: zy^去 wu; zy^去 vu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-hhu; ³zr-vu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ɦu⁴⁴/, /zz̩²² vu⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: dzriH mjuH

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
Baxter	dzriH	mjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨ^H/	/mɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/	/mio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒie^H/	/mio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/	/muə̆^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiə^H/	/mio^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭə^H/	/mĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/	/mi̯u^H/
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	‹ dzri^H ›	‹ mju^H ›
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

routine work
general affairs
涉外事務／涉外事务 ― shèwài shìwù ― foreign affairs
(literary) secular affairs; worldly affairs
(computing) transaction

Synonyms

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

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世事 (shìshì)
世務 / 世务 (shìwù)
塵事 / 尘事 (chénshì)
塵務 / 尘务 (chénwù)

Derived terms

不諳事務 / 不谙事务
事務員 / 事务员 (shìwùyuán)
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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑimɯ̟]

Noun

事(じ)務(む) • (jimu)

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)方(かた) (jimukata)
事(じ)務(む)官(かん) (jimukan)
事(じ)務(む)局(きょく) (jimukyoku)
事(じ)務(む)室(しつ) (jimushitsu)
事(じ)務(む)所(しょ) (jimusho)
事務(じむ)総(そう)長(ちょう) (jimu sōchō)
事(じ)務(む)長(ちょう) (jimuchō)
事(じ)務(む)的(てき) (jimuteki)
事務(じむ)弁(べん)護(ご)士(し) (jimu bengoshi)
事務屋(じむや) (jimuya)
委(い)任(にん)事務(じむ) (inin jimu)
行(ぎょう)政(せい)事務(じむ) (gyōsei jimu)
固(こ)有(ゆう)事務(じむ) (koyū jimu)
自治(じち)事務(じむ) (jichi jimu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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)

hanja form^? of 사무 (“clerical work”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	務

Noun

事務

chữ Hán form of sự vụ

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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