家务 jiāwù household duties
household duties; housework
How to remember 家务: 家 home + 务 affairs = household duties.
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How it is used
- Housework, household chores, paired with 做: 做家务 (zuò jiāwù) - do the housework. Common in everyday conversation about splitting chores at home, e.g. between partners or roommates.
Example sentences
- 我每天都帮我妈做家务。 Wǒ měitiān dōu bāng wǒ mā zuò jiāwù.I help my mother with the housework every day.