工作

工作 gōngzuò in a sentence

Work

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 160 sentences

工作 (gōngzuò) means Work. Below are 24 of the 160 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他在银行 工作 。

Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò.

He works at a bank.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 工作

我喜欢我的 工作 。

Wǒ xǐhuan wǒ de gōngzuò.

I like my job.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 工作

他在寻找 工作 。

Tā zài xúnzhǎo gōngzuò.

He is looking for a job.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 寻找

星期天我不 工作 。

Xīngqītiān wǒ bù gōngzuò.

I don't work on Sunday.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 星期

他去年开始 工作 。

Tā qùnián kāishǐ gōngzuò.

He started working last year.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 去年

他在办公室 工作 。

Tā zài bàngōngshì gōngzuò.

He works in an office.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 办公室

这个 工作 很辛苦。

Zhège gōngzuò hěn xīnkǔ.

This job is hard going.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 辛苦

他从事教育 工作 。

Tā cóngshì jiàoyù gōngzuò.

He works in education.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 从事

她在服装店 工作 。

Tā zài fúzhuāng diàn gōngzuò.

She works in a clothing shop.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 服装

他缺乏 工作 经验。

Tā quēfá gōngzuò jīngyàn.

He lacks work experience.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缺乏

他 工作 时很投入。

Tā gōngzuò shí hěn tóurù.

He throws himself into his work.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 投入

他的 工作 很稳定。

Tā de gōngzuò hěn wěndìng.

His job is very stable.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 稳定

这项 工作 很重要。

Zhè xiàng gōngzuò hěn zhòngyào.

This piece of work is important.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 项

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From the graded readers

她又问:“ 工作 怎么样?”

tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"

Then she asked, "How's work?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

今年我因为 工作 ,没能回去。

jīnnián wǒ yīnwèi gōngzuò, méi néng huíqu.

This year I couldn't get back because of work.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival

去年爸爸来看我 工作 的地方。

qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.

Last year my father came to see where I work.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

小雨要去另一个城市 工作 了。

xiǎo yǔ yāo qù lìngyī gè chéngshì gōngzuòle.

Xiaoyu was leaving to work in another city.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

新 工作 的收入只有原来的一半。

xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.

The new job paid half what the old one had.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs

我妈妈是医生,她的 工作 也很忙。

wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.

My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

我昨天晚上 工作 到很晚,睡得很少。

wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.

I worked late last night and slept very little.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

她把手机交给了图书馆的 工作 人员。

tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.

She'd handed it in to the library staff.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone

毕业以后 工作 忙,就更没有时间了。

bìyè yǐhòu gōngzuò máng, jiù gèng / gēng méiyǒu shíjiān le / liǎo / liào.

After graduating, work was busy and there was even less time.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty

我说:“ 工作 很忙,可是我很喜欢。”

wǒ shuō:" gōngzuò hěn máng, kěshì wǒ hěn xǐhuan."

I said, "Work is busy, but I like it."

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

她在信里问我:吃得好不好?睡得好不好? 工作 累不累?

tā zài xìn lǐ wèn wǒ: chī dé / děi / de hǎo / hào bùhǎo? shuì dé / děi / de hǎo / hào bùhǎo? gōngzuò lèi / léi / lěi bù lèi / léi / lěi?

She asked in it: was I eating well, sleeping well, was work tiring?

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

工作 appears in 160 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 工作

How is 工作 used in a sentence?

This page shows 160 sentences using 工作 (gōngzuò, "Work"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 工作 an HSK word?

Yes — 工作 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 工作?

The dictionary page for 工作 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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