HSK 1 · Lesson 14 of 15

你做什么工作

工作情况 · 职业

14 minute lesson · editorial draft

你做什么工作

Ask about jobs and workplaces

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Learning goals

  • Ask what job someone does.
  • Talk about workplace and working hours.
  • Introduce a family member’s work.

Core vocabulary

15 items
工作gōngzuò

work

公司gōngsī

company

上班shàngbān

go to work

下班xiàbān

finish work

老师lǎoshī

teacher

医生yīshēng

doctor

学校xuéxiào

school

医院yīyuàn

hospital

máng

busy

喜欢xǐhuan

like

时间shíjiān

time

上午shàngwǔ

morning

下午xiàwǔ

afternoon

家人jiārén

family member

zuò

do; make

Grammar

Basic predicate sentences

subject + predicate

Use a verb, adjective or noun phrase as the predicate.

我爸爸是医生。Wǒ bàba shì yīshēng.My father is a doctor.
他今天很忙。Tā jīntiān hěn máng.He is busy today.

Workplace with 在

subject + 在 + place + 工作

Use 在 before a place to state the workplace.

我在学校工作。Wǒ zài xuéxiào gōngzuò.I work at a school.
她在医院工作。Tā zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.She works at a hospital.

Dialogue

Maya你做什么工作?

Nǐ zuò shénme gōngzuò?

What work do you do?
Lin我是老师,在学校工作。

Wǒ shì lǎoshī, zài xuéxiào gōngzuò.

I am a teacher and work at a school.
Maya你几点上班,几点下班?

Nǐ jǐ diǎn shàngbān, jǐ diǎn xiàbān?

What time do you start and finish work?
Lin上午八点上班,下午五点下班。

Shàngwǔ bā diǎn shàngbān, xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn xiàbān.

I start at eight and finish at five.
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HSK 1 task coverage

This lesson maps to 交流工作信息 in the Level 1 communication-task syllabus. Its vocabulary and grammar references use the same IDs as the independent exercise library and mock-test question bank.

Practise this task in HSK Exercises