profession
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- 1 profession、vocation[requiring specialized knowledge or skill]
A relatively formal word for a profession that requires specialized knowledge, training, or skill.
profession、vocation[requiring specialized knowledge or skill]
A profession practiced with specialized knowledge or skills, often involving training, qualifications, ethical duties, or professional standards.
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เขาประกอบวิชาชีพแพทย์ khǎw pràkɔ̀ɔp wíchaa chîip phɛ̂ɛt He practices medicine. เขาประกอบวิชาชีพแพทย์ details
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ครูเป็นวิชาชีพที่สำคัญ khruu pen wíchaa chîip thîi sǎmkhan Teaching is an important profession. ครูเป็นวิชาชีพที่สำคัญ details
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จรรยาบรรณวิชาชีพ canyaaban wíchaa chîip professional ethics จรรยาบรรณวิชาชีพ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The word combines วิชา, associated with academic or specialized knowledge, and ชีพ, associated with making a living. It commonly refers to fields such as medicine, nursing, teaching, and law, where specialized education, training, qualifications, or ethical responsibilities are important. Although it is a noun, it also modifies other nouns in expressions such as จรรยาบรรณวิชาชีพ “professional ethics” and ทักษะทางวิชาชีพ “professional skills.”
Usage
It is common in education, licensing, government, and workplace-policy contexts, especially when discussing professional training, qualifications, ethics, standards, or regulated fields such as healthcare, education, and law.
Caution
In everyday conversation, อาชีพอะไร or ทำงานอะไร is more natural for asking what someone does. วิชาชีพ names a profession; it does not mean a professional person, for which มืออาชีพ is used.
Differences from similar words
1 profession synonyms
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งาน broadly means work, a task, or a job. วิชาชีพ refers to an established profession rather than a particular task or piece of work.
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อาชีพ is the ordinary, broad term for a job or occupation used to earn a living. วิชาชีพ is more formal and emphasizes a profession requiring specialized knowledge, training, or qualifications.