试用期 (試用期)
shì yòng qī
Pinyin

Definition

试用期 (試用期)
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shì yòng qī
  1. trial period
  2. probationary period

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
期
qī
  1. 1 variant: 期 qī
  2. 2 period
  3. 3 cycle
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Sample Sentences

我的工读生都算是兼职，所以该保的都会保，第一个月是试用期，做不好随时会请你走人，好好表现吧。
wǒ de gōngdúshēng dōu suàn shì jiānzhí ，suǒyǐ gāi bǎo de dōuhuì bǎo ，dìyī ge yuè shì shìyòng qī ，zuò bùhǎo suíshí huì qǐng nǐ zǒurén ，hǎohāo biǎoxiàn ba 。
The students I hire count as part-time workers, so we get all the benefits for them that they are owed. The first month is a trial period, so if we're not impressed we can ask you to leave at anytime, so you should be on your best performance.
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签是签了，不过试用期三个月，压力好大。
qiān shì qiān le ，bùguò shìyòngqī sān gè yuè ，yālì hǎo dà 。
I've signed it, but there is a probation period of three months. There's a lot of pressure.
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王经理说他也没想到，现在因为这个不签的话好像我们歧视自考生。他的意思是先把钱勇留下，再看他试用期的表现。
Wáng jīnglǐ shuō tā yě méi xiǎngdào ，xiànzài yīnwèi zhè ge bù qiān dehuà hǎoxiàng wǒmen qíshì zìkǎoshēng 。tā de yìsi shì xiān bǎ Qián Yǒng liúxià ，zài kàn tā shìyòngqī de biǎoxiàn 。
Manager Wang said he had no idea either; however, if we don't let him sign now, it'll make it seem like we discriminate against self-taught students. What he means is let Qian Yong stay and see how he performs during his probationary period.
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