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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 42

工作不忙 Work isn't busy

Gōngzuò bù máng

Work isn't busy chapter.

Dialogue

工作不忙 — Work isn't busy

朋月友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ工gōng作zuò忙máng不bu忙máng? Is work busy?
友天不bú太tài忙máng. 一yì天tiān开kāi两liǎng个gè会huì. Not too busy. Two meetings a day.
朋月我wǒ太tài忙máng了le. 想xiǎng请qǐng假jià. I'm too busy. Want to take leave.
友天请qǐng假jià吧ba! 你nǐ也yě累lèi了le. Take it! You're tired too.
朋月好hǎo. 明míng天tiān不bú上shàng班bān. OK. Tomorrow off.

Vocabulary

工gōng作zuò: n./v. work (revisit Bk2)
工gōng人rén: noun worker
开kāi会huì: verb have a meeting
请qǐng假jià: verb request leave
忙máng: adjective busy

New characters

假: (in 请假 = request leave)
请假 qǐng jià — request leave

Hanzi — writing & recognition

忙

máng busy Writing

6 strokes left-right

Grammar

工作 / 学习 / 生活 — 动词谓语扩展

Explanation

工作 / 学习 / 生活都可以做名词 / 动词. 我工作 / 我的工作. 我学习 / 我的学习.

Examples

友yǒu天tiān, 你nǐ工gōng作zuò忙máng不bu忙máng? Is work busy?

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