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就业 (jiù yè) — to get a job; to find employment

Definition

就业 means 'to get a job / find employment' — the act of starting work. Contrast with 求职 (the process of looking for a job) and 失业 (to be unemployed, the opposite state).

verb
to get a jobto find employment

Examples

  • ，就业。
    Jīng jì bù hǎo shí, nián qīng rén jiù yè hěn bù róng yì.
    When the economy is bad, it's not easy for young people to find a job.
  • 就业。
    Tā bì yè hòu mǎ shàng jiù jiù yè le.
    He found a job right after graduation.
  • 就业。
    Xiàn zài de jiù yè xíng shì bǐ qù nián hǎo.
    The current employment situation is better than last year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

就jiùtake up
业yèprofession

就 means take up, and 业 means profession, giving the sense of getting a job.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

An older form paired 享, a temple, with 京, a tower, showing sacrifice at a high place; in 就 the temple part was dropped and a right part for going upward was added.

Open 就 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 6Workplace & Office

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