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How to say "What do you do?" in Chinese

你是做什么的？

nǐ shì zuò shénme de?

Pronunciation tip: "nee shir dzwaw shummah duh"

✎Example Sentences

你是做什么的？我在IT行业工作。

Nǐ shì zuò shénme de? Wǒ zài IT hángyè gōngzuò.

What do you do? I work in the IT industry.

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My name is

我叫

What's your name?

你叫什么名字？

I'm from

我来自

Where are you from?

你是哪里人？

I'm a student

我是学生

I work as

我是做

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