6.11 Vocabulary: 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 jing3	waiter, waitress
2.		廚師	cyu4 si1	chef
3.		售貨員	sau6 fo3 jyun4	salesperson
3.		sales	seu1 si2	salesperson
4.		醫生	ji1 sang1	doctor
5.		護士	wu6 si6	nurse
6.		工程師	gung1 cing4 si1	engineer
7.		文員	man4 jyun4	clerk
8.		老師	lou5 si1	teacher
9.		教練	gaau3 lin6	coach
10.		學生	hok6 saang1	student
11.		司機	si1 gei1	driver
12.		警察	ging2 caat3	police officer
13.		歌手	go1 sau2	singer
14.		演員	jin2 jyun4	actor, actress
15.		設計師	cit3 gai3 si1	designer
16.		記者	gei3 ze2	journalist
17.		家庭主婦	gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5	housewife

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.

18.		銀行	ngan4 hong4	banking
19.		金融	gam1 jung4	finance
19.		finance		finance
20.		工程	gung1 cing4	engineering
21.		地產	dei6 caan2	real estate
22.		酒店	zau2 dim3	hospitality
23.		保險	bou2 him2	insurance
24.		飲食	jam2 sik6	catering
25.		物流	mat6 lau4	logistics
26.		運輸	wan6 syu1	transport
27.		行政	hang4 zing3	administration
27.		admin		administration
28.		資訊科技	zi1 seon3 fo1 gei6	information technology
28.		IT		information technology
29.		市場銷售	si5 coeng4 siu1 sau6	marketing
29.		marketing		marketing

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 [to work].

30.		餐廳	caan1 teng1	restaurant
31.		酒樓	zau2 lau4	Chinese restaurant
32.		酒吧	zau2 baa1	bar
33.		café	ka6 fei1	café
34.		超級市場	ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4	supermarket
34.		超市	ciu1 si5	supermarket
35.		便利店	bin6 lei6 dim3	convenience store

Duties of jobs

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

36.		揸的士	zaa1 dik1 si2	to drive a cab
37.		揸巴士	zaa1 baa1 si2	to drive a bus
38.		整車	zing2 ce1	to repair cars
39.		教書	gaau3 syu1	to teach
40.		做裝修	zou6 zong1 sau1	to do interior construction
41.		做送貨	zou6 sung3 fo3	to deliver products
42.		做清潔	zou6 cing1 git3	to do cleaning
43.		做研究	zou6 jin4 gau3	to do research
44.		做research	zou6 research	to do research