HSK 5 · Work

从事 cóngshì “to engage in” in Chinese

Traditional 從事

What 从事 means

  1. to engage in
  2. to work in (a field)
  3. to go for
  4. to undertake
  5. to deal with
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to handle
  • to do

How to say 从事

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale从cóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

从事 in a sentence

  1. 我的姐姐从事英语教学工作。

    Wǒ de jiějie cóngshì Yīngyǔ jiàoxué gōngzuò.

    My older sister works in English teaching.

    Sentence #353685 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她从事律师职业多年。

    Tā cóngshì lǜshī zhíyè duō nián.

    She worked as a lawyer for many years.

    Sentence #4757606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 您以前从事过客服工作吗？

    Nín yǐqián cóngshì guo kèfú gōngzuò ma?

    Have you worked in customer service before?

    Sentence #13527722 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 从事 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 从 (cóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
从cóngfrom; through; via
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidOne person 人 following another 人: to follow, from.

The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 从事

从 4 strokes · 事 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

从事 (cóngshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 从事 (cóngshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 从事

Words with 从

从cóng · from从小cóngxiǎo · from childhood从来cónglái · always从此cóngcǐ · from now on从前cóngqián · previously从而cóng'ér · thus自从zìcóng · since (a time)服从fúcóng · to obey从容cóngróng · calm

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing事先shìxiān · in advance

More words: Work & Career

报告bàogào · to inform编辑biānjí · to edit部门bùmén · department辞职cízhí · to resign打工dǎgōng · to work a casual or part-time job待遇dàiyù · treatment贷款dàikuǎn · a loan单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)

FAQs

从事 (cóngshì) means “to engage in” or “to work in (a field)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cóngshì: cóng with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 从事 is written 從事. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type congshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 从事 from the suggestions. Typing congshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
从事 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.