就职
Old HSK 6
就职 (jiùzhí) · to take office
就职 (jiùzhí) means “to take office; to assume a post”. It is written with 2 characters: 就 (then) + 职 (duty). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 就职 is built
The characters
就 jiù · then
What 就 is made of
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
- 尤yóu — especially
- 尢yóu — weak
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 尢yóu — weak
Origin hint: 尤 gives the meaning, 京 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
职 zhí · duty
What 职 is made of
- 耳ěr — ear
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 只zhī — only
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: 耳 gives the meaning, 只 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
新校长下个月就职。Xīn xiàozhǎng xià gè yuè jiùzhí.The new principal takes office next month.
他在就职讲话中感谢了大家。Tā zài jiùzhí jiǎnghuà zhōng gǎnxiè le dàjiā.He thanked everyone in his inaugural speech.
Questions about 就职
What does 就职 mean?
就职 (jiùzhí) means “to take office; to assume a post”.
How do you pronounce 就职?
就职 is pronounced jiùzhí.
Which HSK level is 就职?
就职 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 就要jiùyàoto be about to
- 早就zǎojiùlong ago
- 成就chéngjiùachievement
- 就是jiùshìexactly
- 就业jiùyèto get a job
- 将就jiāngjiuto make do
- 就近jiùjìnnearby
- 迁就qiānjiùto give in to
- 就jiùthen
- 职工zhígōngstaff
Learn 就职 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 101: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.