职 zhí duty
duty; profession; post
How to remember 职: 耳 ear + 只 only = duty. The night guard keeps one ear on the radio, and he has only one duty, to watch the museum until dawn.
Component breakdown
职 = 耳 ear + 只 only
- 耳 ear
- 只 only
- 口 mouth
- 八 eight
The night guard keeps one ear on the radio, and he has only one duty, to watch the museum until dawn.
How it is used
- Bound; work/post/duty. 职业 (zhíyè) profession, 职位 (zhíwèi) position, 职场 (zhíchǎng) the workplace.
- Quitting is 辞职 (cízhí) resign; a second job is 兼职 (jiānzhí) part-time/moonlighting.
- 职业 (zhíyè) is your profession as a field; 职位 (zhíwèi) is the specific post you hold.
Words with 职
- 职业zhíyèprofessionHSK 4
- 离职lízhíto leave one's job temporarilyHSK 5
- 职场zhíchǎngworkplaceHSK 5
- 职工zhígōngemployeeHSK 5
- 辞职cízhíto resignHSK 5
- 兼职jiānzhíto hold concurrent postsHSK 6
- 求职qiúzhíto seek employmentHSK 6
- 职位zhíwèipositionHSK 6
- 职务zhíwùpostHSK 6
- 职员zhíyuánoffice workerHSK 6
- 职责zhízédutyHSK 6
- 专职zhuānzhíspecial dutyHSK 7
- 任职rènzhíto hold a postHSK 7
- 免职miǎnzhíto relieve somebody of his postHSK 7
- 公职gōngzhícivil serviceHSK 7
- 在职zàizhíto be employedHSK 7
- 就职jiùzhíto take officeHSK 7
- 职能zhínéngfunctionHSK 7
- 职称zhíchēngone's professional positionHSK 9
Example sentences
- 她从事教育职业。 Tā cóngshì jiàoyù zhíyè.She works in the field of education.