# 失业 (shīyè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 失业 (shīyè) means “unemployment; to lose a job”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unemployment; to lose a job
- Pinyin: shīyè (shi1 ye4)
- Traditional: 失業
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 工厂关门了，很多工人失业了。
  Gōngchǎng guānmén le, hěn duō gōngrén shīyè le.
  The factory closed down, and many workers lost their jobs.

## Characters

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

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

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