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From :   nicholas

Date : 2008-05-24 / 06:12PM

Hi, what is the diff between gong1 zuo4 and zuo4 gong1? In cantonese, we use zuo4 gong1 to mean ‘to work’

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-05-25 / 02:29PM

Hi zuò gōng is a word from Cantonese, in Mandarin, it doesn’t exist, but if you say “zuò gōng”, people still understand you

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