从事
cóng shìㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TÒNG SỰ
Traditional: 從事
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb)
to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
Formal; usually with 工作, 职业, 研究.
Examples
你从事什么工作?
nǐ cóng shì shén me gōng zuò?
What line of work are you in?
她从事教育工作已经二十年了。
tā cóng shì jiào yù gōng zuò yǐ jīng èr shí nián le.
She has worked in education for twenty years.
我父亲一直从事外贸工作。
wǒ fù qīn yì zhí cóng shì wài mào gōng zuò.
My father has always worked in foreign trade.
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Stroke order
TÒNG · 4 strokes
variant of 从
SỰ · 8 strokes
matter; thing; item; work; affair
Related words
- 从 cóng — variant of 从
- 从来 cóng lái — always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 自从 zì cóng — since (a time); ever since
- 从此 cóng cǐ — from now on; since then; henceforth
- 从而 cóng ér — thus; thereby
- 从前 cóng qián — previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 服从 fú cóng — to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
- 无从 wú cóng — not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing