Professions
Formal
ta1 zuo4 shen2me5
gong1zuo4
他做什么工作
What job do you
have?
Informal
Ta1 shi4 gan4
shen2me5 de5
他是干什么的
What do you do?
Ta1 shi4 lao3shi1
他是老师。
He is a teacher
Vocabulary
English
|
Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
| |
|
|
To
do |
Zuo4
|
做 |
To
do |
Gan4
|
干 |
Job
|
Gong1zuo4
|
工作
|
Teacher
|
Lao3shi1
|
老师 |
Worker
|
Gong1ren2
|
工人 |
Shop
assistant |
Shou4huo4yuan2
|
售货员 |
Doctor |
Yi1sheng1
|
医生 |
Nurse
|
Hu4shi4
|
护士 |
Office
worker |
Zhi2yuan2
|
职员 |
House
wife |
Jia1ting2zhu3fu4
|
家庭主妇
|
Secretary
|
Mi4shu1
|
秘书
|
Businessman
/ businesswoman |
Shang1ren2
|
商人 |
Engineer
|
Gong1cheng2shi1
|
工程师 |
Architect
|
Jian4shu4shi1
|
建筑师 |
Journalist
|
Ji4zhe3
|
记者 |
Lawyer
|
L
ü 4shi1 |
律师 |
Writer
|
Zuo4jia1
|
作家 |
Designer
|
She4ji4shi1
|
设计师 |
Waiter
/ waitress |
Fu2wu4yuan2
|
服务员 |
Civil
servant |
Gong1wu4yuan2
|
公务员 |
Chinese
character of the day
