上岗 (shàng gǎng) — to start working at a job; to assume one's post | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

上岗 emphasizes beginning work at a post, often after training. 就职 and 出任 are more formal, used for assuming an official or senior position.

verb

to start working at a jobto assume one's post

Examples

上岗。
Xīn yuán gōng xià zhōu shàng gǎng.
The new employees will start work next week.
，上岗。
Péi xùn jié shù hòu, tā men jiù kě yǐ shàng gǎng le.
After the training finishes, they can begin working.
，上岗。
Tā shì yì míng jiào shī, jīn nián jiǔ yuè zhèng shì shàng gǎng.
He is a teacher and officially starts his post this September.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上shàngtake up

上 (take up) and 岗 (post) together mean to take up one's post.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 崗; 岗 is its simplified writing.

山岡崗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

山山shānmountain

Sound part声符shēngfú

岡

岡gāng崗gǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 崗 uses 山 to show a hill or mountain and 岡 to carry the sound; the simplified 岗 is a later shorthand.

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