직업

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 職業, from 職 (“work”) + 業 (“work”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɡʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [지겁]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jigeop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jig'eob
McCune–Reischauer?	chigŏp
Yale Romanization?	cik.ep

Noun

직업 • (jigeop) (hanja 職業)

1. job, work, occupation, career, vocation, profession, trade

Derived terms

• 직업인 (jigeobin, “a professional”)
• 직업적 (jigeopjeok, “job-related”)