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找
工
作
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Jyutping
zaau2 gung1 zok3
Pinyin
zhǎo gōng zuò
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
Looking for work/ job
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他开始找工作了。
他開始找工作了。
tā kāi shǐ zhǎo gōng zuò le 。
He began to look for a job.
He's started looking for a job.
He began to look for work.
He's begun to look for a job.
Mandarin
听说他又开始找工作了。
聽說他又開始找工作了。
tīng shuō tā yòu kāi shǐ zhǎo gōng zuò le 。
I hear he's just begun looking for another job.
Mandarin
我在找工作。
我在找工作。
wǒ zài zhǎo gōng zuò 。
I'm looking for a job.
I'm looking for work.
I'm job hunting.
I am looking for a job.
Mandarin
不要拖延去找工作的事。
不要拖延去找工作的事。
bù yào tuō yán qù zhǎo gōng zuò de shì 。
Stop putting off finding a job.
Mandarin
她在找工作和读大学之前无法取舍。
她在找工作和讀大學之前無法取捨。
tā zài zhǎo gōng zuò hé dú dà xué zhī qián wú fǎ qǔ shě 。
She can't make up her mind whether to get a job or to go on to college.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
我在这里找工作。
我在這裡找工作。
wǒ zài zhè lǐ zhǎo gōng zuò .
I'm looking for work here.
Mandarin
靠关系找工作
靠關係找工作
kào guān xì zhǎo gōng zuò
to use one's connections to find a job
Mandarin
他根本不知道从哪里入手找工作。
他根本不知道從哪裏入手找工作。
tā gēn běn bù zhī dào cóng nǎ lǐ rù shǒu zhǎo gōng zuò .
He has absolutely no idea how to start looking for work.
Mandarin
请找工作人员协助。
請找工作人員協助。
qǐng zhǎo gōng zuò rén yuán xié zhù .
Please see staff for assistance.