就活

就活

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (就活)		就	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùhuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùhuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.huo
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ¹/

Verb

就活

1. (regional, colloquial) to make do (with)

   能就活就就活，就活不了就甭就活。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Néng jiùhuo jiù jiùhuo, jiùhuo bùliǎo jiù béng jiùhuo. [Pinyin]

   If you can make do with that then do so; if you can't then don't.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
就	活
しゅう Grade: 6	かつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Short for 就職 (しゅうしょく)活動 (かつどう) (shūshoku katsudō).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しゅうかつ [shùúkátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːka̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

就活 (hiragana しゅうかつ, rōmaji shūkatsu, historical hiragana しうくわつ)

1. job hunting

See also

• 婚活 (こんかつ) (konkatsu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN