作業 (zok3 jip6 | zuo4 ye4) : assignment; work; task; operation

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作業

zok3 jip6

zuo4 ye4

[1] school assignment; homework [Syn.] 功課 , 家課
[2] task; assignment; work; operation; production
[3] profession

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 14,000,000

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

作業 / 作业

This word has been viewed 2150 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 29th Dec 2004 11:07 and last edited on 24th Nov 2008 03:59

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Characters in this word:

作 zok3 - make; write; regard as
業 jip6 - profession; trade; occupation

12 compounds containing this word:

家庭作業 - homework
多工作業 - multitasking
命名作業 - naming task
流水作業線 - a firing line
做作業 - to do homework [廣東 usage]
作業環境 - operating environment
作業系統 - operating system
詞彙判斷作業 - [ling.] lexical decision task
網路作業系統 - network operating system
Common Formations:
野外作業 - fieldwork; field operation
啟動作業 - priming task
目標匹配作業 - target matching task

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

作孽 zok3 jip6 zuo4 nie4 = behave badly; do evil; commit a sin

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Decimal representation of this word: 作業

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