Let’s talk about people, jobs and professions. These words and phrases will help you when talking about yourself and others, or when you’re planning to apply for a new job abroad.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Chinese (Mandarin)“.

People & Professions in Chinese

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People

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
human (being) / personrén
people / humansrén
woman女性nǚ xìng
man男性nán xìng
child儿童ér tóng
girl女孩nǚ hái
boy男孩nán hái

Professions

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
profession职业zhí yè
employee / worker员工
工人
yuán gōng
gōng rén

clerk / official职员zhí yuán
colleague同事tóng shì
pensioner / retiree领取养老金者
退休人员
lǐng qǔ yǎng lǎo jīn zhě
tuì xiū rén yuán

unemployed person / jobseeker失业人员
求职者
shī yè rén yuán
qiú zhí zhě

doctor医生yī shēng
journalist新闻工作者xīn wén gōng zuò zhě
engineer工程师gōng chéng shī
boss老板lǎo bǎn
director导演dǎo yǎn
manager经理jīng lǐ
secretary秘书mì shū
driver司机sī jī
farmer农民nóng mín
baker面包师miàn bāo shī
salesman (m), saleswoman (f)男售货员,女售货员nán shòu huò yuán (m), nǚ shòu huò yuán (f)
nurse护士hù shì
policeman (m), policewoman (f)男警,女警nán jǐng (m), nǚ jǐng (f)
cook / chef厨师
主厨
chú shī
zhǔ chú

teacher (m), female teacher (f)教师, 女教师jiào shī (m), nǚ jiào shī (f)
shoemaker [Sg]鞋匠xié jiang
shoemakers [Pl]鞋匠xié jiang
watchmaker [Sg]制表师zhì biǎo shī
watchmakers [Pl]制表师zhì biǎo shī

Work & Application

EnglishChineseChinese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) work工作gōng zuò
work / job工作gōng zuò
workplace工作场所gōng zuò chǎng suǒ
employment / occupation职业
职位
zhí yè
zhí wèi

office办公室bàn gōng shì
factory工厂gōng chǎng
construction site建筑工地jiàn zhù gōng dì
salary薪水xīn shuǐ
(to) earn赚取zhuàn qǔ
(to) look for a job找工作zhǎo gōng zuò
(to) find a job找到工作zhǎo dào gōng zuò
job interview求职面试qiú zhí miàn shì
CV履历lǚ lì
education教育jiào yù
experience经历jīng lì

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