HSK 6 · Work

职位 zhíwèi “position” in Chinese

Traditional 職位

What 职位 means

  1. position
  2. post
  3. job

How to say 职位

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

职位 in a sentence

  1. 你认为他适合这个职位吗？

    Nǐ rènwéi tā shìhé zhè ge zhíwèi ma?

    Do you think he’s right for the position?

    Sentence #334067 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有一个做秘书的空缺职位。

    Yǒu yí ge zuò mìshū de kòngquē zhíwèi.

    There’s a vacancy for a secretary.

    Sentence #844168 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我和她在公司里职位相同，但她赚的钱比我多。

    Wǒ hé tā zài gōngsī lǐ zhíwèi xiāngtóng, dàn tā zhuàn de qián bǐ wǒ duō.

    She and I hold the same position in the company, but she earns more than I do.

    Sentence #1218267 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 职位 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 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 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 职位

职 11 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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

Words related to 职位

Words with 职

职业zhíyè · occupation辞职cízhí · to resign兼职jiānzhí · part-time job就职jiùzhí · to take office职能zhínéng · function职务zhíwù · post

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

整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify值班zhíbān · to be on duty致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to职能zhínéng · function职务zhíwù · post执行zhíxíng · to carry out专长zhuāncháng · speciality主办zhǔbàn · to host

FAQs

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