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职业道德 (zhí yè dào dé) — professional ethics

Definition

noun
professional ethics

Examples

  • 职业道德。
    Měi gè yī shēng dōu yīng gāi zūn shǒu zhí yè dào dé.
    Every doctor should observe professional ethics.
  • 职业道德。
    zhí yè dào dé Duì yú yí gè háng yè de fā zhǎn fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Professional ethics are very important for the development of an industry.
  • 职业道德。
    Wǒ men gōng sī zài zhāo pìn yuán gōng shí fēi cháng zhòng shì zhí yè dào dé.
    Our company places great emphasis on professional ethics when recruiting employees.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

职业occupation
职zhíjob业yèoccupation
联合Coordinate
道德ethics
道dàoway德dévirtue
联合Coordinate

Occupation and ethics combine to mean the ethics expected in a profession.

Characters in this word

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 職; 职 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí職zhí
Same sound today

The traditional form 職 pairs 耳 (ear) with 戠, which gives its sound; the simplified 职 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 职 →

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 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet
止止zhǐfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𩠐
首shǒu道dào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

Open 道 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
惪
惪dé德dé
Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

Open 德 →
Appears in
Abstract ConceptsWorkplace & Office

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