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Chinese symbol for “underemployed”

半失业
bàn shī yè
Traditional: 半失業
semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for underemployed is 半失业 (bàn shī yè), defined as: semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

半 bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
radical 24 ⼗ · 5 strokes
失 shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 半失业.

WordPinyinMeaning
一半yī bànhalf
半岛 (半島)bàn dǎopeninsula
半年bàn niánhalf a year
半个 (半個)bàn gehalf of sth
半数 (半數)bàn shùhalf the number; half
上半年shàng bàn niánfirst half of the year
失去shī qùto lose
失败 (失敗)shī bàito be defeated; to lose
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)

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.

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