Chinese word

考勤

Pronunciation

Pinyinkǎo qín

Meaning

  • nounattendance

Example

公司每个月要统计员工的考勤。gōng sī měi gè yuè yào tǒng jì yuán gōng de kǎo qín

The company records employee attendance every month.

Illustration for 考勤 (attendance)

More examples

今天他忘记刷卡，导致考勤记录有误。jīn tiān tā wàng jì shuā kǎ dǎo zhì kǎo qín jì lù yǒu wù

Today he forgot to swipe his card, causing an error in the attendance record.

Core concept

A workplace tracking system that turns daily presence, lateness, leave, and early departures into usable records.

Common phrases

  • 考勤记录kǎo qín jì lù

    attendance record

  • 刷卡考勤shuā kǎ kǎo qín

    card-swipe attendance

  • 考勤制度kǎo qín zhì dù

    attendance system

Similar words

出勤chū qín: Being present at work as scheduled.
迟到chí dào: Arrival at work after the scheduled starting time.
请假qǐng jià: A request to take time off work.
缺勤quē qín: Not attending work on a scheduled workday.

Definition in Chinese

指记录和反映员工上班、请假、迟到、早退等出勤情况的制度或数据，用于统计与管理。zhǐ jì lù hé fǎn yìng yuán gōng shàng bān qǐng jià chí dào zǎo tuì děng chū qín qíng kuàng de zhì dù huò shù jù yòng yú tǒng jì yǔ guán lǐ

Word origin

考勤 (kǎoqín, "attendance checking") combines 考 (kǎo, "check") + 勤 (qín, "work attendance"), so it names checking and recording how regularly employees attend work.

Usage tips

  • In workplace conversation, this noun usually refers to the employer's attendance tracking, so it can describe an office process or the records it produces rather than one person's arrival.

Other meanings

  • attendance recordnoun
  • attendance statusnoun

Opposites

  • 缺勤quē qínabsencenoun
  • 旷工kuàng gōngunauthorized absencenoun

Related words

  • 考勤表kǎo qín biǎoattendance sheetnoun
  • 考勤机kǎo qín jītime clocknoun
  • 考勤软件kǎo qín ruǎn jiànattendance softwarenoun

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