Sentences in the week
What do you do?  你是做什么工作的？lawyer律师, teacher, 老师, policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者, Are you busy at work? 你工作忙吗？I am looking for a part-time job. 我在找一份兼职的工作 All in today’s Chinese Studio

Cam: Okay Yajie, let’s first review the common question--- what do you do?
YJ:  Okay, it’s ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
YJ: ni3 means you,
Cam: ni3.
YJ: zuo4 means do,
Cam: zuo4,
YJ: shen2me means what,
Cam: shen2me,
YJ: gong1 zuo4 means job.
Cam: gong zuo,
YJ: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de? What do you do?

Conversation 1:
A: 你是做什么工作的？
B: 我在大学教书。你呢？你是做什么工作的？
A：我是一名医生。

Y: Then let’s review the professions we mentioned this week?
Cam: okay, the first one is teacher.
YJ: teacher is lao3 shi1,
Cam: lao3 shi1 and student is xue2 sheng1.
YJ: That’s right. Then the second one is lawyer, in Chinese lawyer is called lv4 shi1.
Cam: lv4 shi1.
YJ: then comes policeman, it’s jing3 cha2.
Cam: jing3 cha2. Then what’s the Chinese for journalist?
YJ: it’s ji4 zhe3.
Cam: ji4 zhe3. journalist.

Conversation 2:
A: teacher, 老师, lawyer律师,policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者,

Cam: Okay Yajie, let’s review the question you asked me about are you busy at work?
YJ:  Sure.  I said ni gong zuo mang ma?
C: ni gong zuo mang ma?
Y: ni3 means you,
C: ni3,
Y: gong1 zuo4 means work,
C: gong1 zuo4,
Y: mang2 means busy,
C: mang2.
Y: ni gong zuo mang ma?
C: ni gong zuo mang ma? Are you busy at work?

Conversation 3:
(1)A: 你工作忙吗？
B: 还行。
(2)A: 你工作忙吗？
B: 最近挺忙的。

A: 你工作忙吗？
B: 还行。你呢？你工作忙吗？
A: 我真羡慕你。我可忙了，经常加班。
B: 那你可要注意身体。
A: 谢谢关心，我会照顾好自己的。

C: Yaj, Now I’m looking for a part-time job… let’s review it again.
YJ: you can say我在找一份兼职的工作。
C: … wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4.
YJ: zai4 is short for zheng zhai, which means is doing sth right now,
C: zai4.
YJ: zhao3 means look for,
C: zhao3,
YJ: yi2fen4 gong1zuo4, a job,
C: yi2fen4 gong1zuo4,
YJ: jian1zhi2, part-time,
C: jian1 zhi2,
YJ: jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 part-time job.
C: jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4
YJ: wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4
C: wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 I’m looking for a part-time job.

Conversation 4:

A:最近在忙什么呢？
B: 我在找一份兼职的工作。

Cam: Well, that wraps up this edition to Chinese Studio.  Yajie, it has been a great time.
YJ: It sure has.  Would you like to read our question of the day?
Cam: Sure.  How do you say “Are you busy at work?” in Chinese?  It’s a tough one.  Send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com, and you might win a prize.
YJ: See you soon!
Cam: Zai jian!