职守 (zhí shǒu) — duty; post (one's assigned responsibilities) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dutypost (one's assigned responsibilities)

Examples

职守，。
Tā jiān shǒu zì jǐ de zhí shǒu, cóng bù lí kāi gǎng wèi.
He firmly holds his post and never leaves his position.
，职守。
Zuò wéi yì míng bǎo ān, rèn zhēn lǚ xíng zhí shǒu shì zuì zhòng yào de.
As a security guard, diligently performing one's duty is the most important thing.
职守。
Měi gè yuán gōng dōu yīng gāi qīng chǔ zì jǐ de zhí shǒu.
Every employee should be clear about their own duties.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

守shǒuguarding

职 (duty) and 守 (guarding) together denote one's post.

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.

耳戠職

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.

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

宀寸守

宀宀miánroof; building
寸寸cùnhand

守 pairs 宀, a roof or building, with 寸, a hand, to show a hand guarding a place.

Appears in

Workplace & Office

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