Definition & Meaning

competent; fully-qualified; fill a post with credit; be well qualified for a post

Word usage

chèn zhí

称 职

Level:

Yu Wen 7 SW HSK 6

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adj.competent; fully-qualified; fill a post with credit; be well qualified for a post
- tā zài dān wèi li dān rèn guo hǎo jǐ zhǒng zhí wù dōu hěn chèn zhí
  他在单位里担任过好几种职务，都很称职。
  He has held several different posts in the firm and proved himself competent at all of them.
- tā shì gè chèn zhí de jiào shī
  他是个称职的教师。
  He is a qualified teachers.
- tā dié dié bù xiū de niàn dao zhe jǐng chá bù chèn zhí
  他喋喋不休地念叨着警察不称职。
  He kept on blathering about police incompetence.
- bù chèn zhí
  不称职
  be incompetent
synonym
jìn zhí尽职
antonym
dú zhí渎职

Word usage

Separable word
"称" and "职" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 作为一个领导，他从来没有称过职。
  As a leader, he has never filled this post with credit.

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