失業

See also: 失业

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	business; occupation; study
trad. (失業)		失	業
simp. (失业)		失	业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ jip⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-ngia̍p
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-gia̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihyè
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyeh
    • Palladius: шие (šije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ jip⁶
    • Yale: sāt yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-ngia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ ngiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ ngiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² ŋi̯ap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sit-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitgiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/

Verb

失業

1. to lose one's job; to be out of work

   面臨失業／面临失业  ―  miànlín shīyè  ―  to face unemployment

   我現在失業，除了交房租，還要吃飯啊，壓力大啊。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在失业，除了交房租，还要吃饭啊，压力大啊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài shīyè, chúle jiāo fángzū, hái yào chīfàn a, yālì dà a. [Pinyin]

   I'm out of work at the moment. Apart from paying rent I also have to make a living; it's very stressful.

Synonyms

• 丟飯碗／丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
• (Beijing) 叫趙旺／叫赵旺 (jiàozhàowàng)
• (Hokkien) 食家己

Antonyms

• 就業／就业 (jiùyè)

Derived terms

• 失業率／失业率 (shīyèlǜ)
• 失業者／失业者 (shīyèzhě)
• 隱性失業／隐性失业 (yǐnxìng shīyè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	業
しつ Grade: 4	ぎょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しつぎょー [shìtsúgyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥t͡sɨɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

失(しつ)業(ぎょう) • (shitsugyō) ^{←しつげふ (situgefu)?}

1. unemployment

Verb

失(しつ)業(ぎょう)する • (shitsugyō suru) ^{←しつげふ (situgefu)?}intransitive suru (stem 失(しつ)業(ぎょう)し (shitsugyō shi), past 失(しつ)業(ぎょう)した (shitsugyō shita))

1. lose one's job

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失業する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	失業し	しつぎょうし	shitsugyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	失業し	しつぎょうし	shitsugyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	失業する	しつぎょうする	shitsugyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	失業する	しつぎょうする	shitsugyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	失業すれ	しつぎょうすれ	shitsugyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	失業せよ¹ 失業しろ²	しつぎょうせよ¹ しつぎょうしろ²	shitsugyō seyo¹ shitsugyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	失業される	しつぎょうされる	shitsugyō sareru
Causative	失業させる 失業さす	しつぎょうさせる しつぎょうさす	shitsugyō saseru shitsugyō sasu
Potential	失業できる	しつぎょうできる	shitsugyō dekiru
Volitional	失業しよう	しつぎょうしよう	shitsugyō shiyō
Negative	失業しない	しつぎょうしない	shitsugyō shinai
Negative continuative	失業せず	しつぎょうせず	shitsugyō sezu
Formal	失業します	しつぎょうします	shitsugyō shimasu
Perfective	失業した	しつぎょうした	shitsugyō shita
Conjunctive	失業して	しつぎょうして	shitsugyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	失業すれば	しつぎょうすれば	shitsugyō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
失	業

Noun

失業 • (sireop) (hangeul 실업)

1. hanja form^? of 실업 (“unemployment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
失	業

Verb

失業

1. chữ Hán form of thất nghiệp (“to become unemployed”).