6.10 Vocabulary for Occupations

Occupations

我做Occupation嘅。
ngo5 zou6 Occupation ge3.
I work as Occupation.

我係(個)Occupation嚟嘅。
ngo5 hai6 (go3) Occupation lai4 ge3.
I am Occupation.

1.侍應si6 jing3waiter/waitress
2.廚師cyu4 si1chef
3.
售貨員
sales
sau6 fo3 jyun4
seu1 si2
salesperson
4.醫生ji1 sang1doctor
5.護士wu6 si6nurse
6.工程師gung1 cing4 si1engineer
7.文員man4 jyun4clerk
8.老師lou5 si1teacher
9.教練gaau3 lin6coach
10.學生hok6 saang1student
11.司機si1 gei1driver
12.警察ging2 caat3police officer
13.歌手go1 sau2singer
14.演員jin2 jyun4actor/actress
15.設計師cit3 gai3 si1designer
16.記者gei3 ze2journalist
17.家庭主婦gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5housewife

To indicate we are a student in this context, we usually say:
我係(個)學生嚟嘅。
ngo5 hai6 (go3) hok6 saang1 lai4 ge3.
I am a student.
But not:
我做學生嘅。
ngo5 zou6 hok6 saang1 ge3.
I work as a student.

Industries

我做Industry嘅。
ngo5 zou6 Industry ge3.
I work in Industry.

1.銀行ngan4 hong4banking
2.
金融
finance
gam1 jung4finance
3.工程gung1 cing4engineering
4.地產dei6 caan2real estate
5.酒店zau2 dim3hospitality
6.保險bou2 him2insurance
7.飲食jam2 sik6catering
8.物流mat6 lau4logistics
9.運輸wan6 syu1transport
10.
行政
admin
hang4 zing3administration
11.
資訊科技
IT
zi1 seon3 fo1 gei6information technology
12.
市場銷售
marketing
si5 coeng4 siu1 sau6marketing

Types of organizations

我做Type of organization嘅。
ngo5 zou6 Type of organization ge3.
I work at Type of organization.

我返Type of organization嘅。
ngo5 faan1 Type of organization ge3.
I go to Type of organization.

1.餐廳caan1 teng1restaurant
2.酒樓zau2 lau4Cantonese restaurant
3.酒吧zau2 baa1bar
4.caféka6 fei1café
5.
超級市場
超市
ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4
ciu1 si5
supermarket
6.便利店bin6 lei6 dim3convenience store

Duties of jobs

Duty of job嘅。
ngo5 Duty of job ge3.
I Duty of job.

1.揸的士zaa1 dik1 si2to drive a cab
2.揸巴士zaa1 baa1 si2to drive a bus
3.整車zing2 ce1to repair cars
4.教書gaau3 syu1to teach
5.做裝修zou6 zong1 sau1to do interior construction
6.做送貨zou6 sung3 fo3to deliver products
7.做清潔zou6 cing1 git3to do cleaning
8.
做研究
做research
zou6 jin4 gau3
zou6 research
to do research

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