職志

Chinese

		office; duty	the will
trad. (職志)		職	志
simp. (职志)		职	志

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhízhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhízhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-chih⁴
    • Yale: jŕ-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrjyh
    • Palladius: чжичжи (čžičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zi³
    • Yale: jīk ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citcix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡si²¹/

Noun

職志

1. lifework; mission

   • 蘇聯和一切資本主義國家的上層成分之唯利是圖者根本相反，它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命戰爭為其職志的。 [MSC, trad.]
     苏联和一切资本主义国家的上层成分之唯利是图者根本相反，它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命战争为其职志的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Sūlián hé yīqiè zīběnzhǔyì guójiā de shàngcéng chéngfèn zhī wéilìshìtú zhě gēnběn xiāngfǎn, tā shì yǐ yuánzhù yīqiè ruòxiǎo mínzú hé gémìng zhànzhēng wéi qí zhízhì de. [Pinyin]

     In direct contrast to all the members of the upper strata in the capitalist countries who seek nothing but profits, the Soviet Union considers it its duty to help all weak nations and all revolutionary wars.

2. (historical) banner-bearing official

Synonyms

• (lifework):

• 壯志／壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐／梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 夢想／梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 志氣／志气 (zhìqì)
• 懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲／权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
• 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)