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class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-subtitle\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8077\u696d\u8207\u6642\u9593\u8a5e\u5f59<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u804c\u4e1a\u4e0e\u65f6\u95f4\u8bcd\u6c47<\/span> zh\u00edy\u00e8 y\u01d4 sh\u00edji\u0101n c\u00edhu\u00ec<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>Before we get into the vocab, here&#8217;s a question: do you know why so many foreigners end up working as English teachers in China? Foreign teachers are in high demand, from kindergartens all the way up to universities and private training centers. A flexible schedule and decent hourly pay are the main draws. There&#8217;s not much room for promotion in the career long-term, but it&#8217;s still an easier path than mastering Chinese well enough to land a job at a local company and work the hours everyone else does.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Who&#8217;s who at work<\/p>\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Occupation_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Occupation Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Chinese<\/th><th>Pinyin<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Korean<\/th><th>Japanese<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u540c\u5b78<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540c\u5b66<\/span><\/td><td>t\u00f3ngxu\u00e9<\/td><td>Classmate<\/td><td>\ub3d9\ucc3d<\/td><td>\u540c\u7a93<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u73ed\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u73ed\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>b\u0101nzh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Class leader<\/td><td>\ubc18\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u73ed\u9577<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6821\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6821\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>xi\u00e0ozh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Principal<\/td><td>\ud559\uad50\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u5b66\u6821\u9577<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5e02\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5e02\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>sh\u00eczh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Mayor<\/td><td>\uc2dc\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u5e02\u9577<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5bb6\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5bb6\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>ji\u0101zh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Parent<\/td><td>\uac00\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u4e21\u89aa<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u968a\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u961f\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>du\u00eczh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Team leader<\/td><td>\ub300\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0\u30ea\u30fc\u30c0\u30fc<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7d44\u9577<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7ec4\u957f<\/span><\/td><td>z\u01d4zh\u01ceng<\/td><td>Group leader<\/td><td>\uc870\uc7a5<\/td><td>\u7d44\u9577<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8077\u696d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u804c\u4e1a<\/span><\/td><td>zh\u00edy\u00e8<\/td><td>Occupation<\/td><td>\uc9c1\uc5c5<\/td><td>\u8077\u696d<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u6559\u6388<\/td><td>ji\u00e0osh\u00f2u<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>\uad50\uc218<\/td><td>\u654e\u6388<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4f5c\u5bb6<\/td><td>zu\u00f2ji\u0101<\/td><td>Writer, author<\/td><td>\uc791\uac00<\/td><td>\u4f5c\u5bb6<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7d93\u7406<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7ecf\u7406<\/span><\/td><td>j\u012bngl\u01d0<\/td><td>Manager<\/td><td>\uae30\uc5c5\uc758 \ucc45\uc784\uc790<\/td><td>\u30de\u30cd\u30fc\u30b8\u30e3\u30fc<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8a18\u8005<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8bb0\u8005<\/span><\/td><td>j\u00eczh\u011b<\/td><td>Journalist<\/td><td>\uae30\uc790<\/td><td>\u8a18\u8005<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u670d\u52d9\u751f<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u670d\u52a1\u5458<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">f\u00faw\u00f9sh\u0113ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">f\u00faw\u00f9yu\u00e1n<\/span><\/td><td>Waiter, waitress<\/td><td>\uc6e8\uc774\ud130<\/td><td>\u30a6\u30a8\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5ba2\u4eba<\/td><td>k\u00e8r\u00e9n<\/td><td>Customer<\/td><td>\uc190\ub2d8<\/td><td>\u9867\u5ba2<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5c0f\u5077<\/td><td>xi\u01ceot\u014du<\/td><td>Thief<\/td><td>\ub3c4\ub451<\/td><td>\u6ce5\u68d2<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-callout\">\n    <h4>Waiter and Waitress<\/h4>\n    <p>In Taiwan, people don&#8217;t call service staff by a job title \u2014 they call them <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5148\u751f<\/span> (xi\u0101nsh\u0113ng, &#8220;Mr.&#8221;) or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u59d0<\/span> (xi\u01ceoji\u011b, &#8220;Miss&#8221;) instead. In China, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u670d\u52d9\u751f<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u670d\u52a1\u5458<\/span> (f\u00faw\u00f9yu\u00e1n) is the common way to call a waiter or waitress over.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Putting it all together<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"odc-examples-title\">Examples<\/h3>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5148\u751f<\/span><rt>xi\u0101nsh\u0113ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede\u9910<\/span><rt>di\u01cenc\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u670d\u52a1\u5458<\/span><rt>f\u00faw\u00f9yu\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\uff0c<\/span><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9\u9910<\/span><rt>di\u01cenc\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">Excuse me, I&#8217;d like to order.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d93\u7406<\/span><rt>j\u012bngl\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7ecf\u7406<\/span><rt>j\u012bngl\u01d0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">My manager dislikes me a lot.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Dates, weeks, and durations<\/p>\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Time_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Time Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Chinese<\/th><th>Pinyin<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Korean<\/th><th>Japanese<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td>\u65e5\u671f<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">r\u00ecq\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">r\u00ecq\u012b<\/span><\/td><td>Date<\/td><td>\ub0a0\uc9dc<\/td><td>\u671f\u65e5<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6642\u9593<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u65f6\u95f4<\/span><\/td><td>sh\u00edji\u0101n<\/td><td>Time<\/td><td>\uc2dc\uac04<\/td><td>\u6642\u9593<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u79ae\u62dc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u793c\u62dc<\/span><\/td><td>l\u01d0b\u00e0i<\/td><td>Week<\/td><td>\uc8fc<\/td><td>\u9031<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9031<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5468<\/span><\/td><td>zh\u014du<\/td><td>Week<\/td><td>\uc8fc<\/td><td>\u9031<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9031\u672b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5468\u672b<\/span><\/td><td>zh\u014dum\u00f2<\/td><td>Weekend<\/td><td>\uc8fc\ub9d0<\/td><td>\u9031\u672b<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u524d\u5929<\/td><td>qi\u00e1nti\u0101n<\/td><td>The day before yesterday<\/td><td>\uadf8\uc800\uaed8<\/td><td>\u304a\u3068\u3068\u3044<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f8c\u5929<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540e\u5929<\/span><\/td><td>h\u00f2uti\u0101n<\/td><td>The day after tomorrow<\/td><td>\ubaa8\ub808<\/td><td>\u3042\u3055\u3063\u3066<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5f9e\u524d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ece\u524d<\/span><\/td><td>c\u00f3ngqi\u00e1n<\/td><td>Before, in the past<\/td><td>\uc804\uc5d0<\/td><td>\u524d\u306b<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u591c\u88e1<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u591c\u91cc<\/span><\/td><td>y\u00e8l\u01d0<\/td><td>At night<\/td><td>\ubc24\uc5d0<\/td><td>\u591c\u306b<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u904e\u5e74<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fc7\u5e74<\/span><\/td><td>gu\u00f2ni\u00e1n<\/td><td>Chinese New Year<\/td><td>\uc0c8\ud574<\/td><td>\u65b0\u5e74<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9031\u5e74<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5468\u5e74<\/span><\/td><td>zh\u014duni\u00e1n<\/td><td>Anniversary<\/td><td>\uc8fc\ub144<\/td><td>\u5468\u5e74<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u4e0b<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">y\u00edxi\u00e0<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">y\u00echu\u01d0r<\/span><\/td><td>A short time<\/td><td>\uc7a0\uae50 \ub3d9\uc548<\/td><td>\u3061\u3087\u3093\u306e\u9593<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e45<\/td><td>ji\u01d4<\/td><td>A long time<\/td><td>\uc624\ub7ab\ub3d9\uc548<\/td><td>\u4e45\u3057\u3044\u9593<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u6700\u8fd1<\/td><td>zu\u00ecj\u00ecn<\/td><td>Recently<\/td><td>\ucd5c\uadfc<\/td><td>\u6700\u8fd1<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-callout\">\n    <h4><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u661f\u671f<\/span> vs <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9031<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5468<\/span> vs <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u79ae\u62dc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u793c\u62dc<\/span><\/h4>\n    <p>All three mean &#8220;week,&#8221; but they&#8217;re not used the same way. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u661f\u671f<\/span> (x\u012bngq\u00ed) is spoken and common in both Taiwan and China. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u79ae\u62dc<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u793c\u62dc<\/span> (l\u01d0b\u00e0i) is also spoken, but mostly heard in Taiwan. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9031<\/span><span 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