HSK 6 · Work

职能 zhínéng “function” in Chinese

Traditional 職能

What 职能 means

  1. function
  2. role

How to say 职能

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale职zhí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale能néng2nd tone, rising

职能 in a sentence

  1. 每个部门都有自己的职能。

    Měi ge bùmén dōu yǒu zìjǐ de zhínéng.

    Every department has its own function.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 人事部的职能是招聘和管理员工。

    Rénshìbù de zhínéng shì zhāopìn hé guǎnlǐ yuángōng.

    The HR department’s role is to recruit and manage staff.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 职能 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 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.

The character 能 (néng) with each of its parts in a different colour
能néngcan
  • 厶private · sī
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidDrawn from a bear. It was borrowed for “can, be able to”.

How to write 职能

职 11 strokes · 能 10 strokes

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

Words related to 职能

Words with 职

职业zhíyè · occupation辞职cízhí · to resign兼职jiānzhí · part-time job就职jiùzhí · to take office职位zhíwèi · position职务zhíwù · post

Words with 能

能néng · can可能kěnéng · maybe只能zhǐnéng · can only能力nénglì · capability能够nénggòu · to be able to能干nénggàn · capable能源néngyuán · energy功能gōngnéng · function能量néngliàng · energy性能xìngnéng · performance

More words: Work & Career

招收zhāoshōu · to recruit整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify值班zhíbān · to be on duty致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to职位zhíwèi · position职务zhíwù · post执行zhíxíng · to carry out专长zhuāncháng · speciality

FAQs

职能 (zhínéng) means “function” or “role”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhínéng: zhí with a 2nd tone, then néng 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, 职能 is written 職能. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhineng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 职能 from the suggestions. Typing zhineng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
职能 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.