Mandarin²

Work Experience

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Workplaces and Jobs

Learn how to talk about workplaces, jobs and the people you work with.

1. Places of work

公司

gōng sī

company

办公室

bàn gōng shì

office

商店

shāng diàn

shop

饭馆

fàn guǎn

restaurant

我在一家大公司工作。

I work at a large company.

她在办公室工作。

She works in an office.

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2. Jobs and people

经理

jīng lǐ

manager

同事

tóng shì

colleague

顾客

gù kè

customer

老板

lǎo bǎn

boss

我的同事很友好。

My colleagues are very friendly.

经理帮助了我。

The manager helped me.

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3. Work experience placement

实习

shí xí

work experience / internship

工作经验

gōng zuò jīng yàn

work experience

兼职

jiān zhí

part-time job

职业

zhí yè

career / profession

去年我做了一个实习。

Last year I did a work placement.

这份工作经验很有意思。

This work experience was very interesting.

4. Describing work

máng

busy

有意思

yǒu yì si

interesting

lèi

tiring

有用

yǒu yòng

useful

工作很忙,但是很有意思。

The work was busy, but very interesting.

我觉得这个经验很有用。

I think this experience was very useful.

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Complete

去年我在一家商店做实习。我的同事很友好,经理也帮助了我。工作很忙,但是很有意思。

Last year I did work experience in a shop. My colleagues were very friendly and the manager also helped me. The work was busy, but very interesting.