職 (zik1 | zhi2) : duty; job; post; position

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職

zik1

zhi2

[1] [n] duty; job; post; position
[2] [v] manage; direct; govern
[3] [archaic] [pron] I; me; we (used in official reports to superiors)

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: 耳 (#128)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

職 / 职

Don't confuse with:
識

This word has been viewed 10789 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Apr 2014 15:27

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免職 min5 zik1 mian3 zhi2 = to relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking

降職 gong3 zik1 jiang4 zhi2 = demote

職業 zik1 jip6 zhi2 ye4 = a profession; an occupation

辭職 ci4 zik1 ci2 zhi2 = to resign

職能 zik1 nang4 zhi2 neng2 = function; role

職稱 zik1 cing1 zhi2 cheng1 = professional title; name (of position, job function)

職權 zik1 kyun4 zhi2 quan2 = authority; power

職工 zik1 gung1 zhi2 gong1 = staff; workers

職員 zik1 jyun4 zhi2 yuan2 = office worker; staff member

職務 zik1 mou6 zhi2 wu4 = post; position
See all 70 compounds (CantoDict reports 79 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 職

我嘅職業唔係一般人可以接受粵
My occupation is not one that normal people can accept.

畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆粵
Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.

昇咗職記得要帶挈班兄弟粵
Remember to treat your fellow brothers when you get your promotion!

佳叔引咎辭職
Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work.

他兼職多份工作, 借此幫補家計國
He worked several part-time jobs, thereby helping his family financially.

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Decimal representation of this word: 職
Unicode code for this character: U+8077 (off-site link)

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