Taxonomy of meanings for 務:　　

  • 務 wù (OC: mos MC: mio) 亡遇切 去 廣韻：【事務也又強也遽也趣也又姓列仙傳有務光亡遇切十四 】
    • EFFORT
      • nabacteffort
      • official>WORK
        • nabactprofession; preoccupation; important task; most important task
        • vtoNwork at, work on
        • vt[oN]work on thingsCH
        • nabderivedthe most important work, the most important duty; the most important taskCH
        • vtoNcausativeto make N work hardLZ
        • place of>OFFICE
          • feature of>IMPORTANT
            • nabmoralimportant task at hand, important issue
            • abstract: important matter>THING
          • generalised>STRIVE FOR
            • nabobjectconcerns, obligations; task, purpose; main concern
            • nabpsychwhat one aims and strives for> aim, purpose
            • vt+prep+Naim for, work towards, strive for
            • vt+V[0]do everything for; aim to, aspire to; make it one's business, be preoccupied with the task of
            • vtoNaim for; be mainly concerned with as one's task, concentrate on, concentrate one's efforts on; strive for (success); be concerned to; devote one's efforts to
            • vt(oN)strive for the contextually determinate thing N
            • vtoNimperativehave N as your main concern!
            • nab(.post-N)psychone's main concernCH
            • vtoV(0)do one's best to VCH
            • deontic: what one should strive for>SHOULD
          • (late colloquial, for wine)SHOP
          • 務 ｗｕ３《集韻》罔甫切，上麌微。侯部。
            • =侮
          • 務 ｍａｏ４《集韻》莫候切，去候明。侯部。
            • =瞀
          • wù DUTY
            • nabsocial(most) important responsibilityCH

          Additional information about 務

          說文解字: 【務】，趣也。从力、敄聲。 【亡遇切】

            Criteria
          • WORK

            1. The current general term for work is gōng 工 (ant. xiū 休 "rest"), but the word refers specifically to skilled work.

            2. Shì 事 (ant. xián 閒 "be at leisure") refers primarily to an official or regular working effort made on behalf of and in the service of an employer or a ruler.

            3. Zuò 作 (ant. xí 息 "take a rest from work") refers to manual work.

            4. Chǎn 產 refers to the pursuance of a traditional family trade.

            5. Yè 業 refers to the pursuance of one's own professional career or one's career as a skilled artisan, farmer etc..

            6. Wù 務 refers to work imposed on one because of one's public employment.

            7. Shēng 生 can occasionally come to refer to something like one's daily work.

            8. Zhì 治 is mostly used verbally and refers to putting a coherent organised effort into something or work at something.

            9. Gān 干 is only used verbally and refers to the concerted effort or working towards an end.

          • EFFORT

            1. The most general word for physical (and sometimes also mental) effort is perhaps miǎn 勉.

            2. Láo 勞 (ant. yì 逸 "failure to put in an effort, relaxed attitude") emphasises the strenuousness and the tiresome nature of effort, and is the most widely used word.

            3. Lì 力 emphasises the strength needed to make a effort.

            4. Wù 務 emphasises the dutifulness of effort. NB: the meaning "strive to" is separate. See STRIVE FOR.

            5. Qín 勤 refers to an honest and strenuous effort.

            6. Yòng xīn 用心 focusses on concentration and the consciousness of an effort.

            7. The common word jìn 盡 is sometimes used to refer to an all-out effort to do something.

          • STRIVE FOR

            1. The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

            2. Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

            3. Yè 業 refers to the making something one's professional concern.

            4. Lì 力 is occasionally used to refer to the putting every effort into something.

            Word relations
          • Object: (STRIVE FOR)本/BASIS The basic word is běn 本 "the trunk, the main part" (ant. mò 末 "marginal part") and this word refers to the crucial constituent of something in any sense. [GENERAL], [STATIC]; [[COMMON]]
          • Synon: (STRIVE FOR)事/STRIVE FOR Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.