công việc
Definition
- Noun:
- Work; Job; Task: Refers to an activity involving mental or physical effort done to achieve a purpose or result, often as part of one's regular occupation or as a specific duty.
- Occupation; Employment: Denotes a person's regular paid position or profession.
- Matter; Affair; Business: Can refer to a specific piece of work, a situation that needs to be dealt with, or a set of activities related to a particular goal.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công việc của tôi rất bận rộn. (My work is very busy.)
- Anh ấy đang tìm kiếm một công việc mới. (He is looking for a new job.)
- Chúng ta cần thảo luận về công việc này. (We need to discuss this matter.)
Advanced Usage
"công việc nhà": housework, chores.
- Cô ấy phân chia công việc nhà cho các con. (She divides the housework among her children.)
"công việc làm ăn": business affairs, commercial work.
- Công việc làm ăn năm nay khá thuận lợi. (Business affairs this year are quite favorable.)
Variants and Related Words
Việc (n): A more general and colloquial shortened form of "công việc," meaning work, task, or matter.
- Tôi có nhiều việc phải làm. (I have a lot of work to do.)
Việc làm (n): Employment, job (often emphasizes the act of having work).
- Tỉ lệ việc làm đang tăng. (The employment rate is rising.)
Synonyms
- Work: Activity involving effort.
- Job: A paid position or a specific piece of work.
- Task: A piece of work to be done.
- Occupation: A person's regular work or profession.
- Duty: A responsibility or task one is required to perform.
Related Idioms
Đầu tắt mặt tối vì công việc: To be extremely busy, working from dawn till dusk.
- Ông ấy luôn đầu tắt mặt tối vì công việc. (He is always extremely busy with work.)
Công việc chất như núi: To have a mountain of work.
- Tuần này công việc chất như núi. (This week, the work is piled up like a mountain.)