降职

降職

jiàngzhí

verb #23,373

Meanings

1 to demote
2 to reduce in rank

Characters

to lower; to reduce

position; duty; rank

Examples

他因工作失误被降职了。

Tā yīn gōngzuò shīwù bèi jiàngzhí le.

He was demoted due to a work error.

公司宣布对犯错的主管进行降职处分。

Gōngsī xuānbù duì fàncuò de zhǔguǎn jìnxíng jiàngzhí chǔfèn.

The company announced a demotion penalty for the supervisor who made mistakes.

Tips

usage

降职 (to demote) is the opposite of 升职 (shēngzhí, to promote). The passive construction 被降职 is very common in formal or news contexts.

Stroke Order

降 jiàng

职 zhí