失业
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
失业 (shīyè) · to lose one's job
失业 (shīyè) means “to lose one's job; unemployment”. It is written with 2 characters: 失 (to lose) + 业 (business). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 失业 is built
The characters
失 shī · to lose
What 失 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 夫fū — man
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: Something 丿 falling from a hand 夫 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
业 yè · business
What 业 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Example sentences
他去年失业了。Tā qùnián shīyè le.He lost his job last year.
失业以后他做什么了？Shīyè yǐhòu tā zuò shénme le?What did he do after losing his job?
Questions about 失业
What does 失业 mean?
失业 (shīyè) means “to lose one's job; unemployment”.
How do you pronounce 失业?
失业 is pronounced shīyè.
Which HSK level is 失业?
失业 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 失去shīqùto lose
- 消失xiāoshīto disappear
- 失败shībàito fail
- 失望shīwàngdisappointed
- 失眠shīmiáninsomnia
- 损失sǔnshīloss
- 得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains don't make up for the losses
- 过失guòshīfault
- 丧失sàngshīto lose
- 失事shīshìto crash
Learn 失业 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 37: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.