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从事

cóng shì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 從事

从事 (cóng shì) means "to be engaged in (a profession)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 从事 means

1. to go for
2. to engage in
3. to undertake
4. to deal with
5. to handle
6. to do

The characters in 从事

• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 我从事客服业。
  I work in customer service.
• 汤姆决定从事报业。
  Tom made up his mind to become a newspaperman.
• 他从事考古学工作。
  He works in archeology.

Where 从事 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cóng shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.