女工

nǚgōng

noun #14,449

Meanings

1 female worker
2 working woman

Characters

work; worker; labor

Examples

工厂里有很多女工。

Gōngchǎng lǐ yǒu hěnduō nǚgōng.

There are many female workers in the factory.

这些女工每天工作十个小时。

Zhèxiē nǚgōng měitiān gōngzuò shí gè xiǎoshí.

These female workers work ten hours a day.

Tips

usage

Also a variant of 女红, meaning needlework/sewing traditionally done by women. In modern usage, 女工 almost always means 'female worker,' especially factory workers. The male counterpart is 男工.

Stroke Order

女 nǚ

工 gōng