工龄

工齡
gōnglíng
noun #56,308

Meanings

  1. 1 years of service
  2. 2 length of employment
  3. 3 seniority

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ bàba yǒu sānshí nián gōnglíng le.
My dad has thirty years of service.
HSK 4
Zài hěnduō dānwèi, gōnglíng yuè cháng, niánjià jiù yuè duō.
At many workplaces, the more years of service you have, the more annual leave you get.

Tips

culture
It counts in China: paid annual leave is 5 days after one year of work, 10 after ten years and 15 after twenty, and pension rules take it into account too.
usage
Same 龄 ("age; length of") pattern as 教龄 (years of teaching), 军龄 (years in the army), 党龄 (years in the Party) and 学龄 (school age).

Stroke Order

工 gōng
龄 líng