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zhí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhí | zhi2
English translation
office
duty
duty, profession; office, post

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About zhí

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhí

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of zhí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳只

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

zhǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and zhǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of zhí .

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Example sentences using zhí

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Jiào de 职责 zhí zé shì 帮助 bāngzhù 学好 xué hǎo 教义 jiào yì 问答 wèn dá .

The duty of a godmother is to make you learn your catechism.

委员 wěiyuán huì de 委员 wěiyuán men dōu shì xiē 年轻 niánqīng 妇女 fùnǚ , hěn hǎo de 履行 lǚxíng le 她们 tā men de 职责 zhí zé .

The committee, who were all young women, fulfilled their duties admirably.

确实 quèshí xiǎng 好好 hǎo hǎo 履行 lǚxíng 作为 zuòwéi 教父 jiào fù de 职责 zhí zé .

He really wants to fulfil his role as godfather properly.

Cóng 方面 fāngmiàn lái kān , zhè 入室 háng qiè àn dōu shì 职业 zhíyè 惯犯 guàn fàn zuò de .

The burglary had all the hallmarks of a professional job.

zhè shì líng 七点十五分, 白领 bái lǐng 职员 zhí yuán men gāi 起床 qǐchuáng .

It was nought seven fifteen , getting - up time for office workers.

Words with zhí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
职业 zhíyè occupation職業
职工 zhí gōng workers職工
zhí office zhí
辞职 cízhí to resign辭職
职责 zhí zé duty職責
职位 zhíwèi post職位
职务 zhíwù post職務
职能 zhínéng function職能
职员 zhí yuán office worker職員
兼职 jiānzhí concurrent job兼職
任职 rèn zhí to hold an office or post任職
称职 chèn zhí competent稱職
职权 zhí quán authority職權
停职 tíng zhí to suspend (sb) from duties停職
离职 lí zhí to retire離職
专职 zhuān zhí special duty專職
就职 jiùzhí to take office就職
职场 zhí chǎng workplace職場
求职 qiú zhí to seek employment求職
在职 zài zhí to be employed在職
职业教育 zhí yè jiào yù vocational training職業教育
失职 shī zhí unemployment失職
职称 zhí chēng title職稱
尽职 jìn zhí conscientious盡職
复职 fù zhí to resume a post復職

zhí Decomposition & Compounds

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zhí Decomposition

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