HSK 4 · Work

应聘 yìngpìn “to apply for a job” in Chinese

Traditional 應聘

What 应聘 means

  1. to apply for a job
  2. to accept a job offer
  3. to apply for an advertised position

How to say 应聘

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale应yìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale聘pìn4th tone, falling

应聘 in a sentence

  1. 我打算去应聘那个公司的营销部经理职位。

    Wǒ dǎsuàn qù yìngpìn nà ge gōngsī de yíngxiāo bù jīnglǐ zhíwèi.

    I’m planning to apply for the marketing manager position at that company.

    Sentence #5144690 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆正考虑应聘薪酬更高的工作。

    Tāngmǔ zhèng kǎolǜ yìngpìn xīnchóu gèng gāo de gōngzuò.

    Tom is thinking about applying for a better-paying job.

    Sentence #345308 from Tatoeba

How 应聘 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 应 (yīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
应yìngto answer
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī
The character 聘 (pìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
聘pìnto employ; to appoint
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 甹chivalrous knight · pīngSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 甹 (pīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with pìn.

How to write 应聘

应 7 strokes · 聘 13 strokes

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

Words related to 应聘

Words with 应

应该yīnggāi · should适应shìyìng · to adapt答应dāying · to agree反应fǎnyìng · to react应付yìngfu · to deal with应用yìngyòng · to put to use响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation相应xiāngyìng · corresponding应酬yìngchou · to socialise

Words with 聘

招聘zhāopìn · to invite applications for a job

More words: School, Work & Culture

收入shōurù · income售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson现金xiànjīn · cash演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress招聘zhāopìn · to invite applications for a job职业zhíyè · occupation作家zuòjiā · writer表演biǎoyǎn · to perform

FAQs

应聘 (yìngpìn) means “to apply for a job” or “to accept a job offer”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yìngpìn: yìng with a 4th tone, then pìn 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, 应聘 is written 應聘. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingpin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 应聘 from the suggestions. Typing yingpin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
应聘 is an HSK 4 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.