职
业

Occupation in Chinese: 职业 (zhí yè)

zhí yè

occupation

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 職業2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1occupation; profession; vocation
  2. 2professional

Stroke order

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职
业

Zhuyin

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ㄓˊ

zhí

ㄓ/ zhˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

职业

Simplified

職業

Traditional

Example sentences

See 职业 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他的职业是医生。

    tā de zhí yè shì yī shēng。

    He is a doctor by profession.

  • 他们是职业歌手。

    tā men shì zhí yè gē shǒu。

    They're professional singers.

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Related words

业

yè

line of business

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

毕业

bì yè

graduation

专业

zhuān yè

specialty

辞职

cí zhí

to resign

工业

gōng yè

industry

农业

nóng yè

agriculture

企业

qǐ yè

company

商业

shāng yè

business

失业

shī yè

unemployment

行业

háng yè

trade

业务

yè wù

business

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