服务 fú wù
“to serve; service”
verb / noun, verb2021 list level 2Traditional 服務Measure word 项
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
服务 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 632: 服务 fúwù — Level 3; official annotation 3 (动). PDF page 95
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 服务
服务 can be a verb meaning 'to serve', often used with 为/给 + person + 服务, and a noun meaning 'service'. As a noun it commonly appears in compounds such as 服务态度 and 服务质量; countable uses often take 项, as in 一项服务.
例句Example sentences
- 这家酒店的服务很好，房间也很干净。zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de fú wù hěn hǎo, fáng jiān yě hěn gān jìng.This hotel's service is very good, and the rooms are clean too.
- 服务员正在为客人服务。fú wù yuán zhèng zài wèi kè rén fú wù.The waiter is serving the guests.
- 我们公司的服务对象主要是老年人。wǒ men gōng sī de fú wù duì xiàng zhǔ yào shi lǎo nián rén.The people our company serves are mainly elderly people.
易混词Easily confused
服务vs服侍
服务 is the general word for service to customers or the public; 服侍 means to attend personally to someone, often an elder or guest, and has a more personal, sometimes subservient nuance, so it is not the usual word for commercial service.