服务 fúwù to serve
to serve; service
How to remember 服务: 服 clothes + 务 affairs = to serve.
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How it is used
- Both verb 'to serve' and noun 'service' - 为人民服务 (wèi rénmín fúwù) serve the people; 服务态度很好 (fúwù tàidù hěn hǎo) the service attitude is good.
- Builds many compounds: 服务员 (fúwùyuán) waiter/attendant, 服务器 (fúwùqì) server. As a countable noun it takes 项 (xiàng): 一项服务.
Example sentences
- 他是这里的服务员。 Tā shì zhèlǐ de fúwùyuán.He is a waiter here.
- 工人为社会服务。 Gōngrén wèi shèhuì fúwù.Workers serve society.
- 她们提供电话服务。 Tāmen tígōng diànhuà fúwù.They provide telephone service.
- 他们的服务质量很差。 Tāmen de fúwù zhìliàng hěn chà.The quality of their service is poor.