Chinese symbol for “services”
劳务
láo wù
Traditional: 勞務
service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")
The closest CC-CEDICT match for services is 劳务 (láo wù), defined as: service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services").
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劳务.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 劳动力 (勞動力) | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
| 劳动者 (勞動者) | láo dòng zhě | worker; laborer |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 业务 (業務) | yè wù | business; professional work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “services”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.