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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 失业

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
失业 shī yè - unemployment
- to lose one's job

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 4,418 5,103 9,296

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
失 shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
业 yè- surname Ye
业 yè- line of business
- industry
- occupation
- job
- employment
- school studies
- enterprise
- property
- (Buddhism) karma
- deed
- to engage in
- already

Other Words Containing 失业

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
失业 5 4 4,418 5,103 9,296
失业率 - 9 28,666 14,402 23,045
失业者 - - 31,230 47,640 56,739