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

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.

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

Noun

就(しゅう)活(かつ) • (shūkatsu) ←しうくわつ (siukwatu)?

  1. job hunting

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.