Today we’ll be looking at just how to ask about one’s task in Chinese. Prepared to start? All right, here we go.
Dialogue
Hello. What’s your surname? |
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My surname is Wang, and you? |
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My surname is Chen. |
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Ms. Chen, what do you do? |
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I’m a teacher, and you? |
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I’m an engineer. |
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Xiao Yu, are you a student? |
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Yes, I am a student. |
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What does your father do? |
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My father is a teacher. |
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Liu Fang, what do you do? |
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I’m a doctor, and you? |
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I’m an engineer. |
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Nice to meet you. |
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I’m also very glad to meet you. |
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Vocabulary
做 | zuò | verb, to do | |
工作 | gōng zuò | noun or verb , job; to work | |
老师 | lǎo shī | noun, teacher | |
学生 | xué shēng | noun, student | |
工程师 | gōng chéng shī | noun, engineer | |
医生 | yī shēng | noun, doctor |
Expansion
Introduce your job — 工作 (gōng zuò) | |||||
Character | Pīnyīn | Job | Character | Pīnyīn | Job |
老师 | lǎo shī | teacher | 公务员 | gōng wù yuán | civil servant |
学生 | xué shēng | student | 警察 | jǐng chá | policeman/policewoman |
校长 | xiào zhǎng | headmaster | 司机 | sī jī | driver |
教授 | jiào shòu | professor | 邮差 | yóu chāi | postman/postwoman |
学者 | xué zhě | scholar | 会计 | kuài jì | accounting |
科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist | 秘书 | mì shū | secretary |
工程师 | gōng chéng shī | engineer | 公司职员 | gōng sī zhí yuán | company officer |
技术员 | jì shù yuán | technician | 律师 | lǜ shī | lawyer |
项目经理 | xiàng mù jīng lǐ | project manager | 前台 | qián tái | receptionist |
顾问 | gù wèn | consultant | 军人 | jūn rén | army man |
工人 | gōng rén | worker | 翻译 | fān yì | translator |
消防员 | xiāo fáng yuán | firefighter | 作家 | zuò jiā | writer |
医生 | yī shēng | doctor | 记者 | jì zhě | journalist |
牙医 | yá yī | dentist | 编辑 | biān jì | editor |
护士 | hù shì | nurse | 导游 | dǎo yóu | tourist guide |
家庭主妇 | jiā tíng zhǔ fù | housewife | 空姐 | kōng jiě | airline stewardess |
销售员 | xiāo shòu yuán | salesman/sales woman | 理发师 | lǐ fà shī | hairdresser |
服务员 | fú wù yuán | waiter/waitress | 厨师 | chú shī | cook |
商人 | shāng rén | businessman | 运动员 | yùn dòng yuán | sportsman |
歌手 | gē shǒu | singer | 画家 | huà jiā | painter |
演员 | yǎn yuán | actor/actress | 艺术家 | yì shù jiā | artist |
摄影师 | shè yǐng shī | photographer | 设计师 | shè jì shī | designer |
导演 | dǎo yǎn | director | 模特 | mó tèr | modal |
音乐家 | yīn yuè jiā | musician | 主持人 | zhǔ chí rén | presenter |
Grammar
1) Expressing to do with 做 (zuò ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To do in Chinese is 做 (zuò). To do is a very useful verb which can create lots of verb phrases when connected with a noun both in English and in Chinese: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2) What do you do? 你做什么工作? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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