How to pronounce gong zuo (工作) in Chinese
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工作
gōng zuò
Characters & meanings
work; worker
to do; to make
Common mistake
High + falling (1-4): hold gōng perfectly level, then drop zuò sharply. The z in zuò is an unaspirated "dz" — not the z of English "zoo".
Example sentence
我在找工作。
Wǒ zài zhǎo gōngzuò.
I am looking for a job.
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