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Learn Chinese 9 : What job do you do?

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1.
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Nǐ shì zuò shénme de?
你是做什么的﹖
你是做什麼的﹖
What (job) do you do?
2.
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Wǒ shì zuò shēngyi de, zài yī jiā gōngsī zuò tuīxiāo.
我是做生意的﹐在一家公司做推销。
我是做生意的﹐在一家公司做推銷。
I am doing business. (I) am a salesperson in a company.
3.
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Shéme gōngsī?
什么公司﹖
什麼公司﹖
What company?
4.
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Qìchē língjiàn gōngsī.
汽车零件公司。
汽車零件公司。
A company of auto parts.
5.
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Wǒmen mài qìchē língjiàn.
我们卖汽车零件。
我們賣汽車零件。
We sell auto parts.
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Nǐmen gōngsī dà bu dà?
你们公司大不大﹖
你們公司大不大﹖
Is your company big?
7.
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Yǒu duōshǎo rén?
有多少人？
有多少人？
How many people are there?
8.
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Bú tài dà, zhǐ yǒu shí jǐ ge rén.
不太大﹐只有十几个人。
不太大﹐只有十幾個人。
Not very big, only more than ten people.
9.
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Kěshì wǒmen cháng gēn Zhōngguó zuò shēngyi.
可是我们常跟中国做生意。
可是我們常跟中國做生意。
But we often have business with China.
10.
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Nà hěn búcuò.
那很不错。
那很不錯。
That is not bad.
Notes
  • 'shí jǐ ge rén' is a vague number or an approximate number. It means more than ten, but fewer than twenty.

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