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职

zhí

HSK 4 Character Traditional 職

What 职 means

1. office
2. duty

Example sentences

• 他升职了。
  Tā shēngzhí le.
  He got a promotion.
• 他辞职了。
  He quit.
• 我是个职员。
  I am an office worker.
• 我无意辞职。
  I have no intention of resigning.
• 他有很多职权。
  Tā yǒu hěn duō zhíquán.
  He has a lot of authority.
• 他必须被免职。
  Tā bìxū bèi miǎnzhí.
  That person needs to be relieved from his post.

Words starting with 职

• 职业zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
• 职务zhí wùpost; position; job
• 职位zhí wèiposition; post; job
• 职能zhí néngfunction; role
• 职工zhí gōngemployee; staff member; worker
• 职员zhí yuánoffice worker; staff member
• 职责zhí zéduty; responsibility; obligation
• 职称zhí chēngone's professional position; title; job title
• 职权zhí quánauthority; power over others
• 职业化zhí yè huàprofessionalization
• 职业病zhí yè bìngoccupational disease
• 职守zhí shǒuduty; responsibility; post
• 职高zhí gāovocational high school (abbr. for 职业高中
• 职分zhí fènduty
• 职场zhí chǎngworkplace; workforce (of a nation or industry etc); job market
• 职级zhí jí(job) position; level; grade
• 职军zhí jūn(Taiwan) professional soldier
• 职业中学zhí yè zhōng xuévocational high school
• 职业教育zhí yè jiào yùvocational training
• 职业高中zhí yè gāo zhōngvocational high school (abbr. to 职高
• 职业运动员zhí yè yùn dòng yuánprofessional (athlete); pro
• 职业素质zhí yè sù zhìprofessionalism
• 职校zhí xiàovocational school (abbr. for 职业学校
• 职缺zhí quē(job) opening

Words containing 职

• 辞职cí zhíto resign
• 兼职jiān zhíto hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
• 就职jiù zhíto take office; to assume a post
• 求职qiú zhíto seek employment
• 在职zài zhíto be employed; to be in post; on-the-job
• 任职rèn zhíto hold a post; to take office
• 专职zhuān zhíspecial duty; assigned full time to a task
• 教职工jiào zhí gōngteaching and administrative staff
• 离职lí zhíto leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign
• 求职者qiú zhí zhějob applicant
• 高职gāo zhívocational higher education institution…
• 称职chèn zhíwell qualified; competent; to be equal to the task
• 公职gōng zhícivil service; public office; government job
• 失职shī zhíto neglect one's duty; to be guilty of dereliction of duty
• 官职guān zhían official position; a job in the bureaucracy
• 供职gòng zhíto hold an office or post
• 免职miǎn zhíto relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote
• 撤职chè zhíto eliminate; to sack; to remove from office
• 要职yào zhíkey job; important position
• 停职tíng zhíto suspend (sb) from duties
• 天职tiān zhívocation; duty; mission in life
• 尽职jìn zhíto discharge one's duties; conscientious
• 教职员工jiào zhí yuán gōngteaching and administrative staff
• 神职人员shén zhí rén yuánclergy; cleric

Characters built on 只

These share the phonetic component 只 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 织zhīto weave; to knit
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 帜zhìflag
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳zhǐ(orange); hedge thorn
• 轵zhǐend of axle outside of hub

Characters that look like 职

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 耿gěng(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 植to plant
• 直straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 侄brother's son; nephew
• 跖metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 埴soil with large clay content
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop