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失业
shī yè
unemployment, job loss

HSK 5Legendary

What does 失业 mean?

失业 (pinyin: shī yè) means unemployment, job loss. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 失业

He lost his job.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing · Every HSK 1–4 word containing

The characters of 失业

shīcomponent character
component character

Related HSK 5 words

dànmild, bland
待遇dài yùtreatment, salary
规律guī lǜlaw, rule, pattern
grain, particle (classifier)
事先shì xiānin advance
劳动láo dòngwork, labor
逃避táo bìescape, avoid
输入shū rùto enter, to input

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