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The Chinese word zhiye - 职业 - zhíyè
(profession in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
zhíyè
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English translations
profession, occupation, career
Chinese characters:
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职业 ( zhiye / zhíyè ) in traditional characters
職業
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 职业 ( zhiye / zhíyè ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Ni de zhiye shi shenme?
Nǐ de zhíyè shì shénme?– English translation: What's your profession?
Topic
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
job | business
More words that mean profession in Chinese
hángyè ( 行业 )
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