6.9 Vocabulary List

1.	做嘢	zou6 je5	SV	to work; to do tasks for work
2.	做 + occupation 做 + industry 做 + organization	zou6 + occupation zou6 + industry zou6 + organization	V	to work as to work in to work at
3.	返工	faan1 gung1	SV	to go to work; to work
4.	返 + organization	faan1 + organization	V	to go to (office or school)
5.	讀書	duk6 syu1	SV	to study
6.	讀 + subject	duk6 + subject	V	to study (a subject)
7.	搵	wan2	V	to find
8.	職業	zik1 jip6	N	occupation
9.	工	gung1	N	job; work
10.	科	fo1	N	subject
11.	仲 / 重	zung6	Adv	still
12.	定定係	ding6 ding6 hai6	Conj	or
13.	緊	gan2	AP	(Indicating an activity is ongoing)
14.	咁 / 噉	gam2	Exp	then (in that case)

Both 做嘢 zou6 je5 and 返工 faan1 gung1 can mean ‘to work’ idiomatically, but their literal meaning is slightly different:
做嘢 zou6 je5 = 做 zou6 (‘to do’) + 嘢 je5 (‘thing’)
It refers to the action of doing tasks for work.
返工 faan1 gung1 = 返 faan1 (‘to go to’) + 工 gung1 (‘work’)
It refers to the action of going to work.

SV = Separable verb
V = Verb
N = Noun
Adv = Adverb
Conj = Conjunction
AP = Aspect particle
Exp = Expression