HSK 6 · Work

敬业 jìngyè “dedication to one’s work” in Chinese

Traditional 敬業

What 敬业 means

  1. dedication to one’s work
  2. professionalism
  3. dedicated to one’s work

How to say 敬业

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale敬jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling

敬业 in a sentence

  1. 努力和敬业会让你成功。

    Nǔlì hé jìngyè huì ràng nǐ chénggōng.

    Hard work and dedication will bring you success.

    Sentence #5611433 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 敬业 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 敬 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
敬jìngrespectful; to respect
  • 苟part of the character
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 敬业

敬 12 strokes · 业 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

敬业 (jìngyè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 敬业 (jìngyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 敬业

Words with 敬

尊敬zūnjìng · to respect敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute恭敬gōngjìng · respectful崇敬chóngjìng · to revere

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation专业zhuānyè · major (at university)职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment

More words: Work & Career

监督jiāndū · to supervise奖励jiǎnglì · to reward奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward解雇jiěgù · to dismiss精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection晋升jìnshēng · to be promoted就业jiùyè · employment就职jiùzhí · to take office

FAQs

敬业 (jìngyè) means “dedication to one’s work” or “professionalism”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìngyè: jìng with a 4th tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 敬业 is written 敬業. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 敬业 from the suggestions. Typing jingye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
敬业 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.