求職

See also: 求职

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	office; duty
trad. (求職)		求	職
simp. (求职)		求	职

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ zik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-chṳt
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-chit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiu⁵ zêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióujhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-chih²
    • Yale: chyóu-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujyr
    • Palladius: цючжи (cjučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ zik¹
    • Yale: kàuh jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-chṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˇ ziid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² zid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-chit
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiucid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiu⁵ zêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû tseh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seʔ²/

Verb

求職

1. to look for a job; to seek employment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	找工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路
	Hong Kong	搵工, 搵嘢做
Hakka	Meixian	尋工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尋頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尋頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尋頭路
Southern Min	Xiamen	揣頭路, 覓頭路
	Quanzhou	揣頭路
	Zhangzhou	揣頭路
	Tainan	揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT
Wu	Shanghai	尋生意
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 求職信 / 求职信 (qiúzhíxìn)
• 求職者 / 求职者 (qiúzhízhě)
• 求職面試 / 求职面试 (qiúzhí miànshì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
求	職
きゅう Grade: 4	しょく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

求(きゅう)職(しょく) • (kyūshoku) 

1. job hunting

Verb

求(きゅう)職(しょく)する • (kyūshoku suru) suru (stem 求(きゅう)職(しょく)し (kyūshoku shi), past 求(きゅう)職(しょく)した (kyūshoku shita))

1. to seek employment

Conjugation

Conjugation of "求職する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	求職し	きゅうしょくし	kyūshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	求職し	きゅうしょくし	kyūshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	求職する	きゅうしょくする	kyūshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	求職する	きゅうしょくする	kyūshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	求職すれ	きゅうしょくすれ	kyūshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	求職せよ¹ 求職しろ²	きゅうしょくせよ¹ きゅうしょくしろ²	kyūshoku seyo¹ kyūshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	求職される	きゅうしょくされる	kyūshoku sareru
Causative	求職させる 求職さす	きゅうしょくさせる きゅうしょくさす	kyūshoku saseru kyūshoku sasu
Potential	求職できる	きゅうしょくできる	kyūshoku dekiru
Volitional	求職しよう	きゅうしょくしよう	kyūshoku shiyō
Negative	求職しない	きゅうしょくしない	kyūshoku shinai
Negative continuative	求職せず	きゅうしょくせず	kyūshoku sezu
Formal	求職します	きゅうしょくします	kyūshoku shimasu
Perfective	求職した	きゅうしょくした	kyūshoku shita
Conjunctive	求職して	きゅうしょくして	kyūshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	求職すれば	きゅうしょくすれば	kyūshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative