HSK1 — Day 27 — Everyone Has a Job

Panpan
What jobs do your parents have? Let's learn work and transportation words.

Today's Vocabulary

工作
gōngzuò
work / job
爸爸在工作。
Bàba zài gōngzuò.
Dad is working.
医生
yīshēng
doctor
她是医生。
Tā shì yīshēng.
She is a doctor.
zhù
to live
我住在北京。
Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng.
I live in Beijing.
出租车
chūzūchē
taxi
我坐出租车。
Wǒ zuò chūzūchē.
I take a taxi.
飞机
fēijī
airplane
我坐飞机去中国。
Wǒ zuò fēijī qù Zhōngguó.
I fly to China.
zuò
to sit / to ride
请坐。
Qǐng zuò.
Please sit.

Today's Grammar

Use 在 + place + 工作 to say where someone works, and 坐 + vehicle + 去 to say how you travel.

爸爸在医院工作。
Bàba zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.
Dad works at the hospital.
我坐出租车去学校。
Wǒ zuò chūzūchē qù xuéxiào.
I take a taxi to school.
妈妈是医生,在医院工作。
Māma shì yīshēng, zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.
Mom is a doctor, she works at the hospital.
我坐飞机去北京。
Wǒ zuò fēijī qù Běijīng.
I take a plane to Beijing.
你住在哪儿?
Nǐ zhù zài nǎr?
Where do you live?