How to say “lose one's job” in Chinese
lose one's job
“Lose one's job” in Chinese is 失业, shī yè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
失业 is read shī yè: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Don't confuse it with 夫: 失 has an extra stroke at the top left.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “失业”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 失业. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 最近失业人数上升了zuìjìnshīyèrénshùshàngshēngleThe number of unemployed people has gone up lately.
- 失业率从百分之五上升到百分之六，上升了一个百分点。shīyèlǜcóngbǎifēnzhīwǔshàngshēngdàobǎifēnzhīliù,shàngshēngleyígebǎifēndiǎnUnemployment rose from five percent to six — by one percentage point.
- 失业率上升了两个百分点shīyèlǜshàngshēngleliǎnggebǎifēndiǎnThe unemployment rate rose by two percentage points.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “lose one's job” in Chinese?
“Lose one's job” in Chinese is 失业, pinyin shīyè.
What does 失业 mean?
失业 (shīyè) means “lose one's job”.
How do you write 失业?
失业 is 2 characters: 失 (shī) — lose; 业 (yè) — business, occupation. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 失业?
失业 is read shīyè. Tones: shī — first tone, yè — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“lose one's job” in the lesson “Quitting and retiring”
This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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