Work & career

Jobs, the office, meetings and careers.

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Word list: Work & career

Jobs, the office, meetings and careers. Below you'll find all 198 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
工作		gōngzuò	work	HSK 1
服务员	服務員	fúwùyuán	waiter/waitress	HSK 2
上班		shàngbān	go to work	HSK 2
办公室	辦公室	bàngōngshì	office	HSK 3
会议	會議	huìyì	meeting	HSK 3
经理	經理	jīnglǐ	manager	HSK 3
请假	請假	qǐngjià	to ask for time off	HSK 3
司机	司機	sījī	driver	HSK 3
同事		tóngshì	colleague	HSK 3
出差		chū chāi	go on a business trip	HSK 4
负责	負責	fùzé	responsible for	HSK 4
工资	工資	gōngzī	wages	HSK 4
管理		guǎnlǐ	supervise	HSK 4
记者	記者	jìzhě	reporter	HSK 4
加班		jiā bān	work overtime	HSK 4
奖金	獎金	jiǎngjīn	bonus	HSK 4
警察		jǐngchá	police	HSK 4
律师	律師	lǜshī	lawyer	HSK 4
任务	任務	rènwu	a mission	HSK 4
申请	申請	shēnqǐng	apply for	HSK 4
师傅	師傅	shīfu	master	HSK 4
售货员	售貨員	shòuhuòyuán	salesclerk	HSK 4
应聘	應聘	yìngpìn	accept a job offer	HSK 4
招聘		zhāopìn	recruitment	HSK 4
职业	職業	zhíyè	profession	HSK 4
办理	辦理	bànlǐ	to handle	HSK 5
报到	報到	bàodào	report for duty	HSK 5
报告	報告	bàogào	to report	HSK 5
部门	部門	bùmén	department	HSK 5
出席		chūxí	attend	HSK 5
处理	處理	chǔlǐ	deal with	HSK 5
辞职	辭職	cízhí	resign from a position	HSK 5
从事	從事	cóngshì	go for	HSK 5
打工		dǎgōng	work a part time job	HSK 5
待遇		dàiyù	treatment	HSK 5
担任	擔任	dānrèn	hold the post of	HSK 5
单位	單位	dānwèi	unit	HSK 5
干活儿	幹活兒	gàn huór	do manual labor	HSK 5
工厂	工廠	gōngchǎng	factory	HSK 5
工程师	工程師	gōngchéngshī	engineer	HSK 5
工人		gōngrén	worker	HSK 5
贡献	貢獻	gòngxiàn	contribute	HSK 5
行业	行業	hángyè	industry	HSK 5
合作		hézuò	cooperate	HSK 5
兼职	兼職	jiānzhí	part time	HSK 5
简历	簡曆	jiǎnlì	resume	HSK 5
接待		jiēdài	receive	HSK 5
会计	會計	kuàijì	accountant	HSK 5
劳动	勞動	láodòng	work	HSK 5
老板		lǎobǎn	boss	HSK 5
领导	領導	lǐngdǎo	to lead	HSK 5
秘书	秘書	mìshu	secretary	HSK 5
名片		míngpiàn	business card	HSK 5
模特		mótè	model	HSK 5
农民	農民	nóngmín	peasant	HSK 5
农业	農業	nóngyè	agriculture	HSK 5
培训	培訓	péixùn	cultivate	HSK 5
配合		pèihé	be harmoniously combined or arranged	HSK 5
前途		qiántú	future	HSK 5
人才		réncái	talent	HSK 5
人事		rénshì	personnel	HSK 5
人员	人員	rényuán	staff	HSK 5
设计	設計	shèjì	plan	HSK 5
升		shēng	rise	HSK 5
失业	失業	shī yè	lose one's job	HSK 5
实习	實習	shíxí	to practice	HSK 5
退休		tuìxiū	retirement	HSK 5
文件		wénjiàn	document	HSK 5
项目	項目	xiàngmù	program	HSK 5
效率		xiàolǜ	efficiency	HSK 5
修改		xiūgǎi	amend	HSK 5
业务	業務	yèwù	business	HSK 5
员工	員工	yuángōng	employee	HSK 5
召开	召開	zhàokāi	convene	HSK 5
指挥	指揮	zhǐhuī	to command	HSK 5
志愿者	志願者	zhìyuànzhě	volunteer	HSK 5
制造		zhìzào	manufacture	HSK 5
制作		zhìzuò	make	HSK 5
中介		zhōngjiè	agent	HSK 5
主持		zhǔchí	preside over	HSK 5
主任		zhǔrèn	director	HSK 5
注册	注冊	zhùcè	register	HSK 5
专家	專家	zhuānjiā	expert	HSK 5
资格	資格	zīgé	qualifications	HSK 5
总裁	總裁	zǒngcái	director-general	HSK 5
安置		ānzhì	find a place for	HSK 6
把关	把關	bǎ guān	guard a pass	HSK 6
罢工	罷工	bà gōng	to strike	HSK 6
保管		bǎoguǎn	assure	HSK 6
保密		bǎo mì	keep secret/confidential	HSK 6
保姆		bǎomǔ	nanny	HSK 6
备忘录	備忘錄	bèiwànglù	memorandum	HSK 6
裁员	裁員	cáiyuán	cut staff	HSK 6
参谋	參謀	cānmóu	advisor	HSK 6
操劳	操勞	cāoláo	work hard	HSK 6
称号	稱號	chēnghào	title	HSK 6
承办	承辦	chéngbàn	undertake	HSK 6
充当	充當	chōngdāng	serve as	HSK 6
处分	處分	chǔfèn	punish	HSK 6
创立	創立	chuànglì	to found	HSK 6
创业	創業	chuàngyè	begin an undertaking	HSK 6
搭档	搭檔	dādàng	team up	HSK 6
代理		dàilǐ	acting	HSK 6
档案	檔案	dàng'àn	file	HSK 6
调动	調動	diàodòng	to transfer	HSK 6
董事长	董事長	dǒngshìzhǎng	chairman of the board	HSK 6
督促		dūcù	supervise and urge sb. to complete a task	HSK 6
福利		fúlì	material benefits	HSK 6
辅助	輔助	fǔzhù	assist	HSK 6
盖章	蓋章	gàizhāng	affix one's seal	HSK 6
干劲	幹勁	gànjìn	enthusiasm	HSK 6
岗位	崗位	gǎngwèi	a post	HSK 6
公关	公關	gōngguān	public relations	HSK 6
公务	公務	gōngwù	public affairs	HSK 6
功劳	功勞	gōngláo	contribution	HSK 6
骨干	骨幹	gǔgàn	backbone	HSK 6
顾问	顧問	gùwèn	adviser	HSK 6
雇佣	雇傭	gùyōng	employ	HSK 6
规划	規劃	guīhuà	plan	HSK 6
后勤	後勤	hòuqín	logistics	HSK 6
汇报	彙報	huìbào	report	HSK 6
机构	機構	jīgòu	structure	HSK 6
机遇	機遇	jīyù	opportunity	HSK 6
级别	級別	jíbié	rank	HSK 6
纪要	紀要	jìyào	written summary of a meeting	HSK 6
技巧		jìqiǎo	skill	HSK 6
加工		jiā gōng	to process	HSK 6
奖励	獎勵	jiǎnglì	to reward	HSK 6
奖赏	獎賞	jiǎngshǎng	to reward	HSK 6
解除		jiěchú	remove	HSK 6
解雇		jiěgù	fire	HSK 6
进展	進展	jìnzhǎn	make progress	HSK 6
晋升	晉升	jìnshēng	promote to a higher position	HSK 6
敬业	敬業	jìngyè	work ethic	HSK 6
就业	就業	jiùyè	employment	HSK 6
就职	就職	jiù zhí	take office	HSK 6
开除	開除	kāichú	expel	HSK 6
开拓	開拓	kāituò	break new ground	HSK 6
开展	開展	kāizhǎn	begin to develop	HSK 6
考核		kǎohé	examine	HSK 6
履行		lǚxíng	fulfill	HSK 6
落成		luòchéng	complete a construction project	HSK 6
落实	落實	luòshí	workable	HSK 6
忙碌		mánglù	be busy	HSK 6
拟定	擬定	nǐdìng	make an initial draft	HSK 6
派遣		pàiqiǎn	send	HSK 6
配备	配備	pèibèi	provide	HSK 6
评估	評估	pínggū	evaluate	HSK 6
起草		qǐ cǎo	draft	HSK 6
请示	請示	qǐngshì	ask for instructions	HSK 6
人工		réngōng	man-made	HSK 6
任命		rènmìng	appoint and nominate	HSK 6
任重道远	任重道遠	rènzhòngdàoyuǎn	lit. a heavy load and a long road	HSK 6
上级	上級	shàngjí	higher authorities	HSK 6
上任		shàng rèn	take office	HSK 6
设立	設立	shèlì	set up	HSK 6
实施	實施	shíshī	to implement	HSK 6
实行	實行	shíxíng	to implement	HSK 6
使命		shǐmìng	a mission	HSK 6
事务	事務	shìwù	affairs	HSK 6
事业	事業	shìyè	undertaking	HSK 6
手艺	手藝	shǒuyì	craft	HSK 6
授予		shòuyǔ	to award	HSK 6
书记	書記	shūji	secretary	HSK 6
率领	率領	shuàilǐng	lead	HSK 6
泰斗	泰鬥	tàidǒu	leading scholar of his time	HSK 6
特长	特長	tècháng	strong point	HSK 6
提拔		tíbá	promote to a higher job	HSK 6
统筹兼顾	統籌兼顧	tǒngchóujiāngù	take every aspects into consideration through plan and…	HSK 6
徒弟		túdì	disciple	HSK 6
团体	團體	tuántǐ	group	HSK 6
外行		wàiháng	layman	HSK 6
下属	下屬	xiàshǔ	subordinate	HSK 6
协助	協助	xiézhù	assist	HSK 6
薪水		xīnshuǐ	salary	HSK 6
选拔	選拔	xuǎnbá	select the best	HSK 6
渔民	漁民	yúmín	fisherman	HSK 6
招收		zhāoshōu	recruit	HSK 6
侦探	偵探	zhēntàn	detective	HSK 6
整顿	整頓	zhěngdùn	organize	HSK 6
执行	執行	zhíxíng	implementation	HSK 6
值班		zhí bān	be on duty	HSK 6
职能	職能	zhínéng	function	HSK 6
职位	職位	zhíwèi	position	HSK 6
职务	職務	zhíwù	post	HSK 6
指定		zhǐdìng	appoint	HSK 6
致力		zhìlì	work for	HSK 6
主办	主辦	zhǔbàn	to host	HSK 6
主管		zhǔguǎn	person in charge of	HSK 6
助理		zhùlǐ	assistant	HSK 6
助手		zhùshǒu	assistant	HSK 6
专长	專長	zhuāncháng	specialty	HSK 6
资深	資深	zīshēn	experienced	HSK 6
作风	作風	zuòfēng	work style	HSK 6
下班		xiàbān	to get off work	Daily life
开会	開會	kāihuì	to have a meeting	Daily life
面试	面試	miànshì	job interview	Daily life
邮件	郵件	yóujiàn	email	Daily life

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