职业

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 请问您的职业是什么?▶ —
   May I ask what your occupation is?
2. 医生是一个受人尊敬的职业。▶ —
   Doctor is a respected profession.

Collocations

Mnemonic

职 zhí "duty/post" + 业 yè "trade/profession": one's occupational post = profession. Same 业 as in 工业, 农业.

Related

Quick check

1. How does 职业 differ from 工作?

   • 职业 is the type/category of profession; 工作 is the concrete job/work
   • identical
   • 职业 is more temporary
   • 工作 is the category