HSK 6 · Work

职务 zhíwù “post” in Chinese

Traditional 職務

What 职务 means

  1. post
  2. duties
  3. job title
  4. position
  5. job

How to say 职务

  • 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务wù4th tone, falling

职务 in a sentence

  1. 他在公司担任什么职务？

    Tā zài gōngsī dānrèn shénme zhíwù?

    What position does he hold in the company?

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她因为身体原因辞去了职务。

    Tā yīnwèi shēntǐ yuányīn cíqù le zhíwù.

    She resigned from her post for health reasons.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 职务 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 务 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
务wùaffair
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidPicture setting off 夂 with all your strength 力: to work at a task.

How to write 职务

职 11 strokes · 务 5 strokes

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

Words related to 职务

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职位zhíwèi · position

Words with 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve任务rènwu · mission家务jiāwù · household duties业务yèwù · business商务shāngwù · business义务yìwù · duty公务gōngwù · official business事务shìwù · affairs财务cáiwù · financial affairs

More words: Work & Career

值班zhíbān · to be on duty致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to职能zhínéng · function职位zhíwèi · position执行zhíxíng · to carry out专长zhuāncháng · speciality主办zhǔbàn · to host主管zhǔguǎn · person in charge

FAQs

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