day 28at the office
unit 5 · school & workat the office
Get through a day at the office: meetings, colleagues, time off, and people words ending in 家 and 员.
today’s words
- 办公室 bàngōngshì · office
- 同事 tóngshì · colleague
- 经理 jīnglǐ · manager
- 会 huì · meeting
- 会议 huìyì · meeting, conference
- 开会 kāihuì · to have a meeting
- 工作日 gōngzuòrì · working day, weekday
- 请假 qǐngjià · to ask for time off
- 办 bàn · to do, handle, deal with
- 干 gàn · to do (casual)
- 员 yuán · -er, person (word ending)
- 子 zi · noun ending (no tone)
- 名单 míngdān · list of names
- 参加 cānjiā · to take part in, attend
- 机会 jīhuì · chance, opportunity
- 解决 jiějué · to solve, settle
- 结束 jiéshù · to end, finish
- 根据 gēnjù · according to; basis
sentences
- 我们办公室有八个同事。 · There are eight of us in our office.
- 经理说，下午两点开会。 · The manager says there’s a meeting at two this afternoon.
- 这个会议很重要，谁都得参加。 · This meeting is important; everyone has to be there.
- 根据名单，参加会议的一共有十个人。 · According to the list, ten people in all are coming to the meeting.
- 他是一个有名的音乐家。 · He’s a famous musician.