Talking About Company or School Names

We can also ask for the company or school name.

Route 1: Work

Which company do you work at?

Which company do you work at?

Where do you work?
[= Which company do you work at?]

When the verb 做 zou6 or 做嘢 zou6 je5 (instead of 返工 faan1 gung1) is used with 邊度 bin1 dou6, the question usually asks for the company name but not the location of work.

I work at IT Pug [a fictional company].

I work at IT Pug.

10.

你	喺	邊	間	學校 / 大學 / U	讀	㗎	？
nei5	hai2	bin1	gaan1	hok6 haau6 / daai6 hok6 / U	duk6	gaa3	?
you	at	which	CL	school / university / university	study	SP

Which school / university do you study at?

11.

你	讀	邊	間	學校 / 大學 / U	㗎	？
nei5	duk6	bin1	gaan1	hok6 haau6 / daai6 hok6 / U	gaa3	?
you	study at	which	CL	school / university / university	SP

Which school / university do you study at?

We often refer to 大學 daai6 hok6 as U.
We can omit 學校 hok6 haau6, 大學 daai6 hok6 or U if we are not sure about the type of school the person is attending.

12.

Where do you study?
[= Which school do you study at?]

When the verb 讀 duk6 or 讀書 duk6 syu1 (instead of 返學 faan1 hok6) is used with 邊度 bin1 dou6, the question usually asks for the school name but not the location of study.

13.

我	喺	中大	讀 / 讀書	嘅	。
ngo5	hai2	zung1 daai6	duk6 / duk6 syu1	ge3	.
I	at	Chinese University of Hong Kong	study	SP

I study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong [a university in Hong Kong].

14.

我	讀	中大	嘅	。
ngo5	duk6	zung1 daai6	ge3	.
I	study at	Chinese University of Hong Kong	SP

I study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.