Chinese vocabulary: Jobs & work – 93 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

一天晚上，工作人员小周想把椅子拿走。

One evening, Xiao Zhou, a staff member, wanted to take the chair away.

老板,你生气吗?

Boss, are you angry?

老周师傅也是我师父。

Master Lao Zhou is also my master.

服务员刚端来一盘鸡煲，味道有点怪。

The waiter just brought a plate of chicken pot, the smell is a bit strange.

我师父教的，老周师傅，十五年前收我做徒弟。

My master taught me, Master Lao Zhou, fifteen years ago he took me as an apprentice.

在物流园区做仓库管理腿还是不太好走路一瘸一拐的。

Doing warehouse management in a logistics park his leg is still not very good walking with a limp.

安娜,相信专业的。

Anna, trust the professionals.

然后……工作室没了。不是关门那么简单，是从里到外都变了。他们把清河巷图书馆的方案直接毙了，说不赚钱。我变成了创意总监，天天开会，天天改方案改成我自己都认不出来的样子。陈墨半年后就走了，我们后来也没怎么联系了。有一次我路过老工作室的地址，已经是别的公司了，我站在楼下看了很久，突然想不起来自己最开始为什么要做建筑这行了。就这种感觉，你懂吗，好像我活成了一个我不认识的人。

And then... the studio was gone. It wasn't just closing down, it changed from the inside out. They scrapped the plan for the Qinghe Lane Library, saying it wouldn't make money. I became a Creative Director, having meetings every day, changing the plans every day until I didn't recognize them myself. Chen Mo left half a year later, and we didn't keep in much contact after that. Once I passed by the old studio's address, it was already another company. I stood downstairs for a long time, and suddenly couldn't remember why I initially wanted to get into architecture. It's that kind of feeling, you know? Like I've become someone I don't recognize.

但出于职业的直觉，她还是决定去查一查——寨子附近有个老邮局，据说以前的信件都是从那里发出去的。

But out of professional intuition, she still decided to go and investigate— there was an old post office near the village, it was said that all letters in the past were sent from there.

他们说明天早上办公室开门才能处理紧急文件

They say the office opens tomorrow morning before they can process emergency documents

门外，工人拆掉了旧邮箱。

Outside the door, the workers took down the old mailbox.

最后一单是麻辣烫，地址是阳光小区3号楼301。

The last order was Malatang (spicy hot pot), the address was Building 3, Apartment 301, Sunshine Community.

三个人拿着手电筒,小声地走向员工厨房。

Three people holding flashlights, quietly walk towards the staff kitchen.

宝贝,对不起。今天工厂检查,不能带手机。我一整天都在想你的音乐会,一直想着你...

Baby, I'm sorry. We had a factory inspection today, so I couldn't bring my phone. I've been thinking about your concert all day, thinking about you...

我写了你工资一万五，房子也写了

I wrote your salary is fifteen thousand, and also wrote (you have) a house

总部的意思是，如果两小时内不能给出合理解释，今晚决赛必须禁赛沈亦阳。

Headquarters' meaning is, if a reasonable explanation cannot be given within two hours, Shen Yiyang must be suspended for tonight's final.

沈建业。1965年到的厂，档案上写的是"钳工"。

Shen Jianye. Arrived at the factory in 1965, his file says 'fitter'.

哈哈哈那不是更好嘛，说不定有同事给你介绍对象！！！

Hahaha isn't that even better, maybe a colleague will introduce a partner to you!!!

她刚才跟经理说了几句话，两人一起往我这边看。

She just said a few words to the manager, and both of them looked towards me together.

詹天佑是一位工程师。

Zhan Tianyou is a engineer.

表面那句是："陆连长蓄意破坏三号锅炉，情况属实，望上级核查。"

The surface sentence is: 'Company Commander Lu intentionally sabotaged boiler number three, the situation is true, request higher authorities to verify.'

在的。红旗厂我待了十二年，什么岗位都干过。你爷爷叫什么名字？

I am here. I stayed at Hongqi Factory for twelve years, I've worked in every position. What is your grandfather's name?

林小雨是一名摄影师，她来到喜马拉雅山，是为了拍摄雪豹。

Lin Xiaoyu is a photographer, she came to the Himalayas, in order to photograph snow leopards.

他常跟我说,他女儿是会计,很聪明,工作很努力。

He often told me, his daughter was an accountant, very smart, He worked very hard.

你在工作室，图纸摊在桌上，旁边一杯凉掉的美式。

You are in the studio, the blueprints are spread out on the table, and a cup of cold Americano nearby.

然后……工作室没了。不是关门那么简单，是从里到外都变了。他们把清河巷图书馆的方案直接毙了，说不赚钱。我变成了创意总监，天天开会，天天改方案改成我自己都认不出来的样子。陈墨半年后就走了，我们后来也没怎么联系了。有一次我路过老工作室的地址，已经是别的公司了，我站在楼下看了很久，突然想不起来自己最开始为什么要做建筑这行了。就这种感觉，你懂吗，好像我活成了一个我不认识的人。

And then... the studio was gone. It wasn't just closing down, it changed from the inside out. They scrapped the plan for the Qinghe Lane Library, saying it wouldn't make money. I became a Creative Director, having meetings every day, changing the plans every day until I didn't recognize them myself. Chen Mo left half a year later, and we didn't keep in much contact after that. Once I passed by the old studio's address, it was already another company. I stood downstairs for a long time, and suddenly couldn't remember why I initially wanted to get into architecture. It's that kind of feeling, you know? Like I've become someone I don't recognize.

我马上帮你查台湾办事处的紧急电话

I'll check for you immediately the emergency number for the Taiwan office

大家好，我是物业张。

Hello everyone, I am Zhang from property management.

明天早上视察前,你自己去关掉那道口子,拉起警戒线,就说设备检修。

Before the inspection tomorrow morning, go turn off that opening yourself, pull up the caution tape, and just say it's equipment maintenance.

厨师做了一道新菜。

The chef made a new dish.

这时，一个渔民走过来。

At this moment, a fisherman walked over.

阿凯...那个是因为新歌的词大部分是我写的,我跟经纪人提了一下,想按贡献重新分...

Akai... that's because I wrote most of the lyrics for the new song, I mentioned it to the manager, wanting to re-split based on contribution...

这我就不清楚了，我调去别的车间了。

I'm not sure about this, I was transferred to another workshop.

一位老工匠做了这面镜子。

An old craftsman made this mirror.

年轻水手林明的工作很重要：他要保护一张航海图。

Young sailor Lin Ming's job is very important: he needs to protect a / one (sheet of) navigation map.

……我叫夏楠,是维保组的电工,那个误报警,是我上头让我关的,我关了,可是心里一直不踏实。

...My name is Xia Nan, I'm an electrician from the maintenance team, that false alarm, it was my boss who made me turn it off, I turned it off, but I've felt uneasy ever since.

高师傅是唢呐班的班主。

Master Gao is the leader of the suona troupe.

老王是一位手艺精湛的工匠，他从二十岁起就在这里工作，负责给士兵俑雕刻面部。

Old Wang was a craftsman with exquisite skills, he had been working here since he was twenty years old, responsible for carving the faces of the soldier statues.

陈爷爷说：在后面的房间，伙计小张在修。

Grandpa Chen said: In the back room, the assistant Xiao Zhang is repairing it.

我路过相亲角，看到一把红伞上写着"男，31岁，程序员，身高185"

I passed by the matchmaking corner, saw a red umbrella written with "Male, 31 years old, programmer, height 185"

几千年后，考古学家挖开了兵马俑的一部分，发现了大量精美的雕像，却始终没有找到关于那些工匠最后命运的记录。

Thousands of years later, archaeologists excavated a part of the terracotta army, and discovered a large number of exquisite statues, but they never found any records about the craftsmen’s final fate.

得了得了,别理这个号码,八成是哪个技术员手欠,发错群了。

Fine, fine, ignore this number, it's probably some technician being meddlesome, sent it to the wrong group.

签到系统那边我们可以核实。

We can verify the check-in system side.

他的手艺出了名，连监工都对他很敬佩。

His skill became famous, even the overseers admired him.

那是我们几个电报员自己弄的一个……

That was something we few telegraph operators made ourselves...

她看到老挑夫老王，他的扁担很旧，中间有一道黑色的印记。

She saw the old porter Old Wang, his shoulder pole was very old, in the middle there was a black mark.

原来阿石从未忘记她，只是命运和邮差都没能给他们一个机会。

It turns out A Shi never forgot her, it was just that neither fate nor the mailman gave them a chance.

该咋办咋办,顶多设备台账上写一笔,总比出人命强。

Handle it as it should be handled, at most make a note in the equipment log, it's still better than losing lives.

快递员找不到人,让我先签收的。

The courier couldn't find anyone, so they asked me to sign for it first.

王先生是一个摊主。

Mr. Wang is a stall owner.

陈师傅是苏州的匠人，他做金砖三十年了。

Master Chen is a craftsman from Suzhou, he has been making golden bricks for thirty years.

沈建业。1965年到的厂，档案上写的是"钳工"。

Shen Jianye. Arrived at the factory in 1965, his file says 'fitter'.

抢修队修完了,传感器换了新的,阈值也调回去了。

The emergency repair team has finished, the sensor was replaced with a new one, and the threshold was adjusted back.

每周一，邮递员都会把一个被退回的白色信封送到林夏的咖啡店。

Every Monday, The mail carrier would always take a returned white envelope to Lin Xia's coffee shop.

他拿起工具，开始工作。

He picked up the tools, and started to work.

六点?你不是退休了吗?

Six o'clock? Aren't you retired?

林小雨每天早上都骑共享单车去上班。

Lin Xiaoyu every morning all (regularly) ride a shared bike go to work.

我在开会

I'm in a meeting

我以为我要被开除了。

I thought I was going to get fired.

我需要向总部汇报，稍等。

I need to report to headquarters, please wait.

报到！我跟小柔一组，走前段。

Reporting in! I'm in a group with Xiaorou, taking the front section.

到了新疆，我还可以为百姓做事。”

When I arrive in Xinjiang, I can still do things for the people.

监工们开始催促，要求工匠们加快速度，尽快完工。

The overseers began to urge, demanding that the craftsmen speed up and finish the work as soon as possible.

老周,我给上头打过电话了,今晚就叫抢修队来。视察那天要是查出事故隐患不上报,我们全组担着,这个我担不起。

Old Zhou, I've called headquarters. They'll send the emergency repair team tonight. If an accident hazard is found during the inspection and not reported, our whole team will be held responsible. I can't bear that responsibility.

小陈别嘚瑟，好好干活，多听多看。

Xiao Chen, don't show off, work hard, listen more and look more.

今天放假前有半小时可以打电话,我排了好久的队 ……

Today, before the break started, we had half an hour to make phone calls, and I waited in line for ages …

那时候他想去大城市工作爸爸却想让他留在小镇接手家里的小店。

At that time he wanted to go to the big city to work but Dad wanted him to stay in the small town to take over the family's small shop.

王阿姨,我出差了。

Auntie Wang, I am on a business trip.

三个月前你不是临时加班取消了吗。

Didn't you cancel it three months ago due to urgent overtime?

没事 老王稳住了就是浪比预报大我们提前收网准备回港

It's fine, Old Wang stabilized it's just that waves are bigger than predicted we're pulling in the nets early to return to port

今晚，是这个电台最后一次值班。

Tonight is this radio station's last shift.

妈妈答应第二天给老师打电话，告诉老师实话，并请假去开家长会。

Mom promised to call the teacher the next day, tell the teacher the truth, and take time off to attend the parents’ meeting.

这个月他已经有两个差评了，如果再有一个，他可能会被公司辞退。

He already has two negative reviews this month, if he gets one more, he might be fired by the company.

是这个意思。那时候上面追查得凶，谁承认自己出了事故，轻则下放，重则……你懂的。

That's what it means. Back then the higher-ups were investigating fiercely, whoever admitted they caused an accident would at best be sent to the countryside, at worst... you know.

林夏要升职啦!!

Lin Xia is going to be promoted!!

奶奶说，门神在子时（晚上十一点到一点）换岗。

Grandma said, the Door Gods at 'Zishi' (11 PM to 1 AM) change shifts.

说了也没用,他们说我"多管闲事",还威胁说要给我调岗……

Saying it wouldn't have helped, they said I was "meddling," and even threatened to reassign me...

这就是我们做这行的意义。

This is the meaning of why we do this work.

公司楼下有一台旧的自动售货机。

downstairs of the company there is a old vending machine.

我想当队长。

I want to be the captain.

我问了旁边卖菜的大爷，他说店主一个月前突然不干了，欠了房租跑了。

I asked the old man selling vegetables next door, he said the shop owner suddenly quit a month ago, ran away owing rent.

陈浩请了半小时假，坐地铁到了人民公园。

Chen Hao took half an hour off, took the subway, and arrived at People's Park.

不敢，厨师长一直盯着我

I don't dare, the chef has been staring at me

会开的会开的

I will, I will

每次她打得好，他都会微笑，还会点头。

Every time she played well, he would smile and also nod.

干这行，习惯了。

Doing this job, I'm used to it.

丈夫老李去世以后，她一个人管着这家小店，每天凌晨四点就起床，揉面、剁馅、蒸包子，风雨无阻。

After her husband Old Li passed away, she managed this small shop alone, getting up at four in the morning every day, kneading dough, chopping filling, steaming buns, regardless of the weather.

陈浩请了半小时假，坐地铁到了人民公园。

Chen Hao took half an hour off, took the subway, and arrived at People's Park.

不知道...应该很晚才收

Don't know... they should close very late

这我就不清楚了，我调去别的车间了。

I'm not sure about this, I was transferred to another workshop.

名单我已经交上去了，我们四个都在里面。

I have already submitted the list, the four of us are all on it.

我……我现在就往上报。

I... I will report it upward right now.

就是就是,再磨叽检票要来赶人了哈哈

Exactly, exactly, any more dawdling and the ticket checkers will come to kick us out, haha