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应聘

yìng pìn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 應聘

应聘 (yìng pìn) means "to apply for a job". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 应聘 means

1. to accept a job offer
2. to apply for an advertised position

The characters in 应聘

• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 聘pìnto employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (colloquial) (of a woman) to get married…

Example sentences

• 汤姆正考虑应聘薪酬更高的工作。
  Tāngmǔ zhèng kǎolǜ yìngpìn xīnchóu gèng gāo de gōngzuò.
  Tom is thinking about applying for a better-paying job.
• 我们希望应聘者能有4年工作经验。
  Wǒmen xīwàng yìngpìnzhě néng yǒu sì nián gōngzuò jīngyàn.
  Ideally, a candidate for this job should have four years' work experience.
• 我打算去应聘那个公司的营销部经理职位.
  Wǒ dǎsuàn qù yìngpìn nàge gōngsī de yíngxiāo bù jīnglǐ zhíwèi.
  I plan to accept the offer from that company to become their marketing department's manager.
• 虽然她知道那家公司不但对当地官员行贿而且也给她的家人带了了极大的麻烦，可她还是应聘了那家公司的一份工作。
  Suīrán tā zhīdào nà jiā gōngsī bù dàn duì dāngdì guānyuán xínghuì érqiě yě gěi tā de jiārén dài liǎoliǎo jídà de máfan, kě tā háishi yìngpìn le nà jiā gōngsī de yī fèn gōngzuò.
  She applied for a job at the company that had not only bribed local officials but also caused huge problems for her own family.

Words starting with 应聘

• 应聘者yìng pìn zhěperson taking a job; job applicant

Where 应聘 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Character, Brothers & Spare Time (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yìng pìn correctly.
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