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Simplfied Chinese
找工作
Traditional Chinese
找工作
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
zhǎo gōng zuò
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
jaau2 gung1 jok3
Short definition to seek work
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions to seek workAdso icon /
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我在(wǒzài)
里昂(lǐ áng) Lyon, French city on the Rhne
不过(bù guò bú guò) but
没准(méizhǔn)
(qù) to get rid of
巴黎(bā lí) Paris, capital of France
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work

I am in Lyon, but maybe I'll go to Paris for hunting a job.

(tā) another
(kāi) to boil
(shǐ) to start
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

He's begun to look for a job.

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
是在(shìzài)
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
(ma) (question tag)

Are you looking for work?

你在(nǐzài)
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
(ma) (question tag)

Are you looking for work?

听说(tīng shuō) hearsay
(tā) another
(yòu) also
开始(kāi shǐ) to begin
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

I hear he's just begun looking for another job.

T o m
正在(zhèng zài) currently
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work

Tom is looking for a job.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(zài) (located) at
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work

Tom is looking for a good job.

她在( tā zài)
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
但是(dàn shì) but
(tā) she
(duì) for
工作(gōng zuò) job
(dedì) of
要求(yāo qiú) to ask
(tài) too
高了(gāole)

She is looking for a job, but her standards are too high.

不要(bù yào) must not
拖延(tuō yán) to delay
(qù) to get rid of
找工作(zhǎo gōng zuò) to seek work
(dedì) of
(shì) item

Stop putting off finding a job.

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