Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 42

Lesson 42 of 360

Today's Chinese characters:

职员牙探险家作

The other Chinese characters contained in this lesson have already been studied previously. You can just click on them and go back to the corresponding lesson.

In this second day dedicated to human occupations, you'll meet functionaries, workers, dentists, explorers, writers...

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Characters' Essentials

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职
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zhí
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Office, post, position
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员
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yuán
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A person engaged in some field of activity
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牙
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yá
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Tooth
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探
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tàn
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Explore
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险
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xiǎn
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A place difficult of access; danger
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家
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jiā
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Family; home; a person or family engaged in a certain trade; a specialist in a certain field
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zuò
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Do, make; write, compose; writings, work

Description and Examples

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职员
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zhí   yuán   
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Office worker, staff member, functionary
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职工
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zhí   gōng   
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职员和工人
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牙医
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yá   yī   
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Dentist
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牙医师
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yá   yī   shī   
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Dentist
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探险
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tàn   xiǎn   
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Expedition, venture into the unknown; explore, make exploration
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探险家
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tàn   xiǎn   jiā   
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Explorer
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作家
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zuò   jiā   
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Writer


Did you see the definition of 职工? It was just like reading a real monolingual Chinese dictionary! You should be proud to have attained this level of Chinese understanding.

Article 4: 张家和王家

我认识张家和王家。他们都是我的朋友。张刚是职员,他爱人是牙医师,张小海是留学生。王军和他爱人都是作家,他们两个儿子都是探险家。认识他们,我很高兴。


The meaning of: 张家和王家

家 after a surname indicates all the members of that family. So, we would translate 张家和王家 as "the Zhangs and the Wangs".



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