# 失业率 (shīyèlǜ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 失业率 (shīyèlǜ) means “unemployment rate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unemployment rate
- Pinyin: shīyèlǜ (shi1 ye4 lv4)
- Traditional: 失業率
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 今年的失业率有所下降。
  Jīnnián de shīyèlǜ yǒusuǒ xiàjiàng.
  The unemployment rate dropped this year.

## Characters

- 失 (shī): to lose; to miss
- [业](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-industry/) (yè): industry; profession
- [率](https://hanziro.com/word/lv-rate/) (lǜ): rate; ratio

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-ye-lv-unemployment-rate/

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