HSK 6 · Work

就职 jiùzhí “to take office” in Chinese

Traditional 就職

What 就职 means

  1. to take office
  2. to assume a post

How to say 就职

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale就jiù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale职zhí2nd tone, rising

就职 in a sentence

  1. 她下个月就职新的岗位。

    Tā xià ge yuè jiùzhí xīn de gǎngwèi.

    She takes up her new post next month.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 新校长昨天正式就职。

    Xīn xiàozhǎng zuótiān zhèngshì jiùzhí.

    The new principal officially took office yesterday.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 就职 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 就 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
就jiùin that case; then
  • 京capital city · jīngSound part
  • 尤especially · yóuMeaning part

尤 hints at the meaning (especially); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

The character 职 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
职zhíoffice
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 只only · zhǐSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhí.

How to write 就职

就 12 strokes · 职 11 strokes

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

Words related to 就职

Words with 就

就jiù · then就要jiùyào · about to就是jiùshì · exactly成就chéngjiù · accomplishment就近jiùjìn · nearby将就jiāngjiu · to make do迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate就业jiùyè · employment

Words with 职

职业zhíyè · occupation辞职cízhí · to resign兼职jiānzhí · part-time job职能zhínéng · function职位zhíwèi · position职务zhíwù · post

More words: Work & Career

敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection晋升jìnshēng · to be promoted就业jiùyè · employment纪要jìyào · summary决策juécè · to make a policy decision开除kāichú · to expel考核kǎohé · to assess

FAQs

就职 (jiùzhí) means “to take office” or “to assume a post”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiùzhí: jiù with a 4th tone, then zhí with a 2nd 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, 就职 is written 就職. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 就职 from the suggestions. Typing jiuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
就职 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.