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从事

从事 cóngshì

从事 cóngshì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 从事 cóngshì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cóngshì | cong2 shi4
English translation
to go for
to engage in
to undertake
to deal with
to handle
to do

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Traditional form

從事

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 从事 cóngshì

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Cóng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of one person following another.

Positional decomposition

人人 rén rén

Number of Strokes

4
shì

Explanation

The characters Shǐ (history), (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand ( yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 从事 cóngshì

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Dōng yíng 商贸 shāng mào 有限 yǒu xiàn 公司 gōngsī shì jiā 专业 zhuānyè 从事 cóngshì 高新技术 产品 chǎnpǐn 贸易 màoyì de 公司 gōngsī .

East surplus Trading Company is a professional high - tech products trade companies.

他们 tā men Cóng shì xiān 准备 zhǔnbèi hǎo 讲稿 de 演说 yǎn shuō 转向 zhuǎn xiàng wèn de 形式 xíngshì .

They switched from set speeches to a question - and - answer format.

从事 cóngshì zhè běn 词典 cídiǎn de 编纂 biān zuǎn 工作 gōngzuò 10 Nián 之久.

He has been engaged 10 years on the dictionary.

可以 kěyǐ 转行 zhuǎn háng 从事 cóngshì 影视 yǐng shì 戏剧 xìjù

You can move up to work in films and the theatre.

尽管 jǐnguǎn 出身 chūshēn 银行家 yín háng jiā 家庭 jiātíng 富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín 还是 háishi 决心 juéxīn 从事 cóngshì 科研 kē yán 事业 shìyè

Although she came from a family of bankers, Franklin set her sights on a career in scientific research.

从事 cóngshì Decomposition

See the 1 Chinese characters that make up 从事 cóngshì and their own compounds.

从事 cóngshì Compounds

See all 134 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 从事 cóngshì in their composition.

  • Cóng
      • shì
        • shì , shì ,
      • , , , , , , ,
      • cuì
      • zuì , suì , cuì , cuì , cuì , cuì , , cuì , cuì , cuì , , zuó , zuì , zuó , cuì , suì , cuì , suì , suì , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • lái
        • Tái
      • lài , lái , lái , , Lái , lái , lái , , , , , lái , , , jiā , lái , xiá , , , lài , , , , , jiá , lái , , lài , , , , , ,
    • jiā
        • qiáng , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng
      • mài
        • , miàn , miàn , pào , , , móu , , , , , , , , , , miàn , ,
      • xiá , xié , jiá , , , xiá , xiá , , , jiá , , , jiá , jiá ,
    • xiān
      • chèn , xiān ,
    • zòng , cōng , zòng , cōng
  • shì
    • ,
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