就职

就职 jiùzhí

Takes office

HSK 6 繁體 就職 jiuzhi

What 就职 means

  1. Takes office

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 就职 will read it the same way this page does.

Character by character

就职 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

jiù
Then (right away - undertake - exactly)
zhí
Office (post - duty)

How to write 就职

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Questions about 就职

What does 就职 mean in English?

就职 is pronounced jiùzhí and means Takes office.

How do you pronounce 就职?

就职 is jiùzhí in pinyin — written jiuzhi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 就职?

就职 is written with 2 characters: 就 (jiù) Then (right away - undertake - exactly), 职 (zhí) Office (post - duty). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 就职 written in traditional Chinese?

就職. The simplified form 就职 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 就職 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced jiùzhí.

Is 就职 an HSK word?

Yes — 就职 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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