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.	揾	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.

Adj = Adjective

Adv = Adverb

AP = Aspect Particle

CL = Classifier / Measure Word

Conj = Conjunction

DW = Distinguishing Word

Exp = Expression

Mor = Morpheme

MV = Modal Verb

N = Noun

Num = Number

Onom = Onomatopoeia

Part = Particle

Post = Postposition / Localizer

Pref = Prefix

Prep = Preposition / Coverb

Pron = Pronoun

QExp = Question Expression

QW = Question Word

SP = Sentence Particle

Suf = Suffix

SV = Separable Verb

V = Verb

VP = Verbal Particle