义务 yìwù in a sentence
Volunteer (duty - obligation - compulsory)
义务 (yìwù) means Volunteer (duty - obligation - compulsory). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他做了很多 义务 工作。
Tā zuò le hěn duō yìwù gōngzuò.
He has done a lot of voluntary work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 义务
父母有抚养子女的 义务 。
Fùmǔ yǒu fǔyǎng zǐnǚ de yìwù.
Parents have a duty to bring up their children.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抚养
双方都要履行合同 义务 。
Shuāngfāng dōu yào lǚxíng hétong yìwù.
Both sides must fulfil their contractual obligations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 履行
学校号召大家参加 义务 劳动。
Xuéxiào hàozhào dàjiā cānjiā yìwù láodòng.
The school called on everyone to take part in voluntary work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 号召
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Questions about 义务
How is 义务 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 义务 (yìwù, "Volunteer (duty - obligation - compulsory)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 义务 an HSK word?
Yes — 义务 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 义务 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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