To take office in Chinese: 就职 (jiù zhí)

jiù zhí

to take office

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 就職1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to take office; to assume a post

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Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄡˋ

jiù

/ j/ i/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓˊ

zhí

/ zhˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

就职

Simplified

就職

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他在新公司就职的第一天很紧张。

    tā zài xīn gōng sī jiù zhí de dì yī tiān hěn jǐn zhāng。

    His first day at his new post at the company was nerve-wracking.

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