HSK 6 · Work

岗位 gǎngwèi “post” in Chinese

Traditional 崗位

What 岗位 means

  1. post
  2. position
  3. job

How to say 岗位

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale岗gǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

岗位 in a sentence

  1. 计算机产业能够提供相当多的就业岗位。

    Jìsuànjī chǎnyè nénggòu tígōng xiāngdāng duō de jiùyè gǎngwèi.

    The computer industry can provide a great many jobs.

    Sentence #1898544 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 岗位 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 岗 (gǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
岗gǎnghillock; mound
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 冈ridge or crest of hill · gāngSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 冈 (gāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǎng.

The character 位 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
位wèiposition
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 立stand · lì

Memory aidA person 亻 standing 立 in their place: a position, a seat.

How to write 岗位

岗 7 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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

Words related to 岗位

Words with 位

位wèi · position座位zuòwèi · seat各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)位于wèiyú · to be located at位置wèizhi · position单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)地位dìwèi · position诸位zhūwèi · everyone方位fāngwèi · position部位bùwèi · position

More words: Work & Career

反馈fǎnkuì · feedback副fù · deputy附属fùshǔ · affiliated盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)公关gōngguān · public relations功劳gōngláo · credit公务gōngwù · official business骨干gǔgàn · backbone

FAQs

岗位 (gǎngwèi) means “post” or “position”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǎngwèi: gǎng with a 3rd tone, then wèi 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, 岗位 is written 崗位. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gangwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 岗位 from the suggestions. Typing gangwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
岗位 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.