HSK 3 · Work & Career

职业

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occupation; profession

Stroke order of 职业

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

职 · 11 strokes业 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Duty 职 and a trade 业: the job you do for life.

Parts: 职 duty + 业 trade, business

Example sentence

你的职业是什么？

What is your profession?

Words with 职

职工staff; workers

Words with 业

作业homework 就业to get a job; employment 创业to start a business 事业career; cause 开业to open for business 专业major; specialty; professional 工业industry 农业agriculture 商业commerce; business

More words: Work & Career

工资wages; salary 就业to get a job; employment 创业to start a business 退休to retire 事业career; cause 任务task; mission 责任responsibility; duty 负责to be responsible for 从事to be engaged in 经营to run (a business)生意business; trade 开业to open for business 资格qualifications 人才talented person; talent 志愿者volunteer 志愿wish; to volunteer

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