직업

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 職業, from 職 (“work”) + 業 (“work”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕiɡʌ̹p̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[지겁]
Revised Romanization? jigeop
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jig-eob
McCune–Reischauer? chigŏp
Yale Romanization? cik.ep

Noun

직업 • (jigeop) (hanja 職業)

  1. job, work, occupation, career, vocation, profession, trade

Derived terms
  • 직업인 (jigeobin, “a professional”)
  • 직업적 (jigeopjeok, “job-related”)
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