HEYGOW ASMR

Work

10 phrases
HD
nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?
你做什么工作?
ENwhat do you do?
HD
wǒ shì gōngsī zhíyuán.
我是公司职员。
ENI'm a company employee
HD
wǒ zài yínháng gōngzuò.
我在银行工作。
ENI work at a bank
HD
wǒ zìjǐ kāi gōngsī.
我自己开公司。
ENI run my own company
HD
wǒ hái zài zhǎo gōngzuò.
我还在找工作。
ENI'm still job hunting
HD
nǐ zài nǎ jiā gōngsī?
你在哪家公司?
ENwhich company are you with?
HD
wǒ zuò le shí nián le.
我做了十年了。
ENI've been doing it ten years
HD
zhè fèn gōngzuò hěn yǒu yìsi.
这份工作很有意思。
ENthis job is interesting
HD
wǒ xià ge yuè huàn gōngzuò.
我下个月换工作。
ENI'm changing jobs next month
HD
wǒ yǐjīng tuìxiū le.
我已经退休了。
ENI've already retired

你做什么工作 is neutral and asked early, often within minutes of meeting - much earlier than would be comfortable in some cultures. The useful hedges are here too: 我还在找工作 states unemployment without embarrassment, and 我做了十年了 answers the unspoken follow-up about seniority, which in Chinese working life is usually the real question.