在職

See also: 在职

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	office; duty
trad. (在職)		在	職
simp. (在职)		在	职

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàizhí

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ zik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhai-chṳt
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chāi-chit / chǎi-chit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàizhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàijhíh
  - Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chih²
  - Yale: dzài-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjyr
  - Palladius: цзайчжи (czajčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ zik¹
  - Yale: joih jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ jig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    在即
    在職 / 在职
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-chṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai ziid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ zid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-chit
  - Tâi-lô: tsāi-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaixcid
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai³³⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǎi-chit
  - Tâi-lô: tsǎi-tsit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²² t͡sit̚⁵/

Verb

在職

to be on the job; to be at one's post; to be employed
在職訓練／在职训练 ― zàizhí xùnliàn ― on-the-job training

Noun

在職

incumbency

Derived terms

在職怨職 / 在职怨职
在職貧窮 / 在职贫穷 (zàizhí pínqióng)

References

“在職”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
在	職
ざい Grade: 5	しょく Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざいしょく [zàíshókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠iɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

在(ざい)職(しょく) • (zaishoku) ^{←ざいしよく (zaisyoku)^?}

tenure, service, having an office or position

Verb

在(ざい)職(しょく)する • (zaishoku suru) ^{←ざいしよく (zaisyoku)^?}intransitive suru (stem 在(ざい)職(しょく)し (zaishoku shi), past 在(ざい)職(しょく)した (zaishoku shita))

hold a position

Conjugation

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

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

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
在	職

Noun

在職 • (jaejik) (hangeul 재직)

hanja form^? of 재직

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
在	職

Adverb

在職

chữ Hán form of tại chức

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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