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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 职业

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
职业 zhí yè - occupation; profession; vocation
- professional

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
4 3 1,420 1,216 2,543

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
职 zhí- office
- duty
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 职业

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
职业 4 3 1,420 1,216 2,543
职业病 - 9 21,615 18,353 21,688
职业化 - - 47,678 21,652 39,655