他是哪里人 干什么的
“Where's he from? What does he do?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么就那样呀
“What do you mean "okay"?”
他是 哪里人 干什么的
“Where's he from? What does he do?”
“What's his personality like? How's his family?”
“I need to vet this guy thoroughly to see if he is financially and socially worthy of you.”
Chinese parents often interrogate children about a prospective partner's origin, occupation, and family finances to evaluate their stability and compatibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
where someone is from (native place / hometown)
The standard informal way in spoken Chinese to ask about a person's ancestral or geographic origins.
what does he/she do for a living
A highly colloquial, direct question equivalent to asking someone's occupation.