# 求職
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiúzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^4$ zik$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-chṳt
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-chit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kiu$^5$ zêh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiúzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cióujhíh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^2$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: chyóu-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujyr
*** Palladius: цючжи (cjučži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^4$ zik$^1$
*** Yale: kàuh jīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^4$ dzik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^4$ jig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiu$^ˇ$ ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiu$^2$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-chit
*** Tâi-lô: kiû-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiucid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kiu$^5$ zêh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû tseh
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡seʔ²/

### Verb

求職
* to look for a job; to seek employment

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 找工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搵工, 搵嘢做 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尋工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尋頭路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尋頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尋頭路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尋頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尋頭路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尋頭路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揣頭路, 覓頭路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 揣頭路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揣頭路 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋生意 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 求職信／求职信 (qiúzhíxìn)
* 求職者／求职者 (qiúzhízhě)
* 求職面試／求职面试 (qiúzhí miànshì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 求 | 職 |
| きゅう Grade: 4 | しょく Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲɨːɕo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

求(きゅう)職(しょく) • (kyūshoku)
* job hunting

### Verb

求(きゅう)職(しょく)する • (kyūshoku suru) suru (stem 求(きゅう)職(しょく)し (kyūshoku shi), past 求(きゅう)職(しょく)した (kyūshoku shita))
* to seek employment

#### Conjugation

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