How to Say ‘Why did you want to change jobs?’ in Traditional Chinese
為什麼想換工作？
wèi shén me xiǎng huàn gōng zuò
[wèishénme shyang huàn gong-dzwaw]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Colleagues in Taiwan ask this openly and out of friendly curiosity. A positive answer about the new job goes over better than complaints about the old one.
Phrase Breakdown
為什麼
wèi shén me
[wèishénme]
why
Question word asking for a reason.
你為什麼哭？
Why are you crying?
想換工作？
xiǎng huàn gōng zuò
want to change jobs?
想 means 'to want', and 換工作 means 'to change jobs'.
我想換工作。
I want to change jobs.
Words in this phrase
想
xiǎng
[shyang]
want to; would like to
Used to express desire or intention to do something.
我想多認識一些產業的人。
I want to get to know more people in the industry.
換
huàn
[huàn]
to change; to switch
To replace one thing with another, e.g. a job or seat.
我想換位子。
I want to change seats.
工作
gōng zuò
[gong-dzwaw]
work; job
A job, profession, or the tasks you do as employment.
這份工作很適合剛畢業的人。
This job is very suitable for someone who just graduated.
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