職業

See also: 职业

Chinese

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 職業

1. occupation; profession; career; vocation (Classifier: 個／个 m; 種／种 m)

   職業前景／职业前景  ―  zhíyè qiánjǐng  ―  career prospects

   這四種職業很危險，膽子小的人，根本幹不了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这四种职业很危险，胆子小的人，根本干不了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè sì zhǒng zhíyè hěn wēixiǎn, dǎnzǐ xiǎo de rén, gēnběn gàn bù liǎo. [Pinyin]

   These four occupations are very dangerous and not for the faint-hearted.

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。 [MSC, trad.]
他的职业是医生。 [MSC, simp.]

Tā de zhíyè shì yīshēng. [Pinyin]

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。 [MSC, trad.]
他的职业是学生。 [MSC, simp.]

Tā de zhíyè shì xuéshēng. [Pinyin]

He is a student. (lit. "His occupation is student.")

Synonyms

• 本業／本业 (běnyè)
• 事業／事业 (shìyè)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (職業):

• → Japanese: 職業(しょくぎょう) (shokugyō)
• → Korean: 직업(職業) (jigeop)
• → Vietnamese: chức nghiệp (職業)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

職(しょく)業(ぎょう) • (shokugyō) ^{←しよくげふ (syokugefu)?}

1. occupation, trade, profession, business

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Korean

Hanja in this term
職	業

Noun

職業 • (jigeop) (hangeul 직업)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
職	業

Noun

職業

1. chữ Hán form of chức nghiệp (“career, profession”).