无业

無業
wúyè
adjective #25,806

Meanings

  1. 1 unemployed
  2. 2 jobless
  3. 3 without an occupation

Examples

Tā wúyè zài jiā yǐjīng liǎng nián le.
He has been unemployed at home for two years.
Wúyè rényuán yě xūyào jiǎonà yībǎo fèiyòng.
Unemployed people also need to pay health insurance fees.

Tips

usage
无业 is a neutral, administrative term for lacking employment. It contrasts with 失业 (shīyè), which specifically means having lost a job one previously held. 无业 may mean never having had steady work.

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