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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 要务

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
要务 yào wù - key task
- important affair

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 29,300 24,138 36,896

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
要 yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
要 yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
务 wù- affair
- business
- matter
- to be engaged in
- to attend to
- by all means

Other Words Containing 要务

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
要务 - - 29,300 24,138 36,896