述职

述職

shùzhí

verb #88,288

Meanings

1 to report on one's work to a supervisor
2 to give a performance review presentation

Characters

Examples

年底每个部门经理都要向总经理述职。

Niándǐ měi ge bùmén jīnglǐ dōu yào xiàng zǒngjīnglǐ shùzhí.

At year-end every department manager has to report on their work to the general manager.

我正在准备明天的述职报告。

Wǒ zhèngzài zhǔnbèi míngtiān de shùzhí bàogào.

I'm preparing tomorrow's performance review report.

领导听完他的述职，点头表示满意。

Lǐngdǎo tīng wán tā de shùzhí, diǎntóu biǎoshì mǎnyì.

The leader nodded in satisfaction after hearing his report.

Tips

history

Goes back to the feudal ritual of regional lords reporting to the Son of Heaven; 《孟子》 already uses 述职 in this sense. Modern corporate usage retains the vertical, formal flavor: a subordinate accounting for their performance to authority.

register

Formal. The written output is a 述职报告 (performance report); 年终述职 = year-end review. Also used in Party and civil-service contexts.

Stroke Order

述 shù

职 zhí