Work & Study

Talk about your day: jobs, classes and the verbs that describe what you are working on.

• 工作

  gōngzuò

  work, job

  今天工作很多。

  There is a lot of work today.

  noun

• 办公室

  bàngōngshì

  office

  办公室在市中心。

  The office is in the city centre.

  noun

• 公司

  gōngsī

  company

  我在一家小公司工作。

  I work at a small company.

  noun

• 学校

  xuéxiào

  school

  我走路去学校。

  I walk to school.

  noun

• 大学

  dàxué

  university

  我在大学学中文。

  I study Chinese at university.

  noun

• 课

  kè

  class, lesson

  课九点开始。

  Class starts at nine.

  noun

• 作业

  zuòyè

  homework

  我做完作业了。

  I finished my homework.

  noun

• 考试

  kǎoshì

  exam

  下周有考试。

  There is an exam next week.

  noun

• 学习

  xuéxí

  to study

  我每天学习中文。

  I study Chinese every day.

  verb

• 教

  jiāo

  to teach

  她教数学。

  She teaches mathematics.

  verb

• 写

  xiě

  to write

  我在写邮件。

  I am writing an email.

  verb

• 读

  dú

  to read

  我早上读报纸。

  I read the newspaper in the morning.

  verb

• 会议

  huìyì

  meeting

  会议十点开始。

  The meeting starts at ten.

  noun

• 忙

  máng

  busy

  这周我很忙。

  I am very busy this week.

  adjective

• 开始

  kāishǐ

  to start

  我们明天开始。

  We start tomorrow.

  verb

• 结束

  jiéshù

  to finish

  课结束了。

  The class has finished.

  verb

• 休假

  xiūjià

  holiday, leave

  下周我休假。

  I am on leave next week.

  noun

• 同事

  tóngshì

  colleague

  我的同事很友好。

  My colleagues are friendly.

  noun