🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

家务

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiāwù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Domestic duties/dəˈmɛs.tɪk ˈduː.tiz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他们分工合作完成家务。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The tasks and chores required to maintain a household, such as cleaning, cooking, and laundering.

    "She balanced her professional career while managing all her domestic duties."
  2. 2

    Obligations and responsibilities related to family life and home management.

    "He returned home early to attend to various domestic duties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'domestic', originating from the Latin domesticus (pertaining to the house, from domus 'house'), and 'duty', derived from the Old French duet (what is owed, from Latin debitum). Together, the phrase emerged in early modern English to describe the routine chores and responsibilities associated with the maintenance of a household.

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