Chinese symbol for “profession”
职业
zhí yè
Traditional: 職業
occupation; profession; vocation; professional
The closest CC-CEDICT match for profession is 职业 (zhí yè), defined as: occupation; profession; vocation; professional.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “profession”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行业 (行業) | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 行当 (行當) | háng dang | profession; role (acting) |
| 业内 (業內) | yè nèi | (within) the industry; the profession |
| 工 | gōng | work; worker |
| 行 | háng | (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 职业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post; position |
| 职工 (職工) | zhí gōng | employee; staff member; worker |
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign |
| 职责 (職責) | zhí zé | duty; responsibility |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “profession”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.