外务

外務

wàiwù

noun #32,737

Meanings

1 foreign affairs
2 external duties
3 outside business

Characters

outside; foreign

affair; business; duty

Examples

日本外务省发表了正式声明。

Rìběn Wàiwùshěng fābiǎole zhèngshì shēngmíng.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement.

他不喜欢应付外务，只想专心做学问。

Tā bù xǐhuan yìngfù wàiwù, zhǐ xiǎng zhuānxīn zuò xuéwen.

He dislikes dealing with outside business and just wants to focus on his scholarship.

Tips

usage

In modern Mainland Chinese, foreign affairs is normally 外交 (wàijiāo) and the ministry is 外交部. 外务 survives mainly in two contexts: (1) the Japanese term 外務省 (Gaimushō) for Japan's foreign ministry, often kept as 外务省 in Chinese news; (2) general use meaning 'outside duties / matters outside one's main job'.

Stroke Order

外 wài

务 wù