職業

See also: 职业

Chinese

office; duty business; occupation; study
trad. (職業) 職 業
simp. (职业) 职 业

Pronunciation

Noun

職業

  1. occupation; profession; career; vocation
    職業前景 / 职业前景  ―  zhíyè qiánjǐng  ―  career prospects

Usage notes

It is not customary in Chinese to distinguish between a profession and a professional title or role, as is the case in English. Consider the following example:

他的職業是醫生。 / 他的职业是医生。  ―  Tā de zhíyè shì yīshēng.  ―  He is a doctor by profession. (lit. "His profession is doctor.")

It is also common to count being a student as an occupation.

他的職業是學生。 / 他的职业是学生。  ―  Tā de zhíyè shì xuéshēng.  ―  He is a student. (lit. "His occupation is student.")

Adjective

職業

  1. (attributive) professional; occupational; vocational
    職業健康安全 / 职业健康安全  ―  zhíyè jiànkāng ānquán  ―  occupational health and safety

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (職業):
  • Japanese: 職業 (しょくぎょう) (shokugyō)
  • Korean: 직업 (職業, jigeop)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
職 業
しょく
Grade: 5		 ぎょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

職業 (hiragana しょくぎょう, rōmaji shokugyō)

  1. occupation, trade, profession, business

Korean

Hanja in this term
職業

Noun

職業 • (jigeop) (hangeul 직업)

  1. Hanja form? of 직업 (“job, work, occupation, vocation, profession, trade”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
職業

Noun

職業

  1. Hán tự form of chức nghiệp, “career, profession”
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