Five Sentence Patterns To Introduce Your Job In Chinese(1) The last artice here was trying to talk about how to introduce the job. but I think it was not designed well, so I re-wrote one article about this topic, and it was pulished on italki. hope it will be useful, and here to see more details : https://www.italki.com/article/692/five-sentence-patterns-to-introduce-your-job-in-chinese Pattern #1: 我是 (noun for career)。 This pattern can be translated as “I am a …” It is used for common jobs that have a specific word to describe them. Examples include a teacher (老师), a doctor (医生), a nurse (护士), a soldier (军人), a chef (厨师), an accountant (会计), a singer (歌手), and a dancer (舞者). For example: 我是老师。I am a teacher. 我是医生。I am a doctor. 我是护士。I am a nurse. 我是军人。I am a soldier. 我是厨师。I am a cook. 我是会计。I am an accountant. 我是歌手。I am a singer. 我是舞者。I am a dancer. Please note singer (歌手) and dancer (舞者) on this list. They are related to art, which has a different method of expression. Some careers related to art or science, such as artists (艺术家), musicians (音乐家), painters (画家), pianists (钢琴家), scientists (学家), chemists (化学家), physicists (物理学家), pharmacists (药学家), biologists (生物学家) and so on, can also be used with this sentence pattern. However, ~家 refers to people who have made great contributions in their field and are very famous, so it is not suitable for ordinary people. Furthermore, it is not a modest word, therefore, it shouldn’t be used for a simple self-introduction. For example: 爱因斯坦是科学家。Einstein is a scientist. 贝多芬是音乐家。Beethoven is a musician. 达芬奇是画家。Leonardo Da Vinci is a painter. People rarely say: 我是艺术家。I am an artist. 我是科学家。I am a scientist. 我是歌唱家。I am a singer. Even though Einstein, Beethoven, and Leonardo Da Vinci are introduced this way in Chinese, I don’t think they would have liked it. It makes people seem a bit arrogant. However, it is grammatically correct and there do exist particular circumstances in which it can be used. One such example is when you want to emphasize the sacred responsibility of your job: “I am a scientist, I cannot delete or change the date.” 我是科学家，我不能删改数据。In addition, there is also a TV show called I am Speaker 《我是演说家》.