干活儿

幹活兒

gànhuór

verb HSK 4 #26,584

Meanings

活儿 means 'work/job' in colloquial Chinese. 干活儿 = to do physical work.

HSK 2

他每天都在干活儿。

Tā měitiān dōu zài gànhuór.

He works every day.

HSK 2

干活儿累了就休息一下。

Gànhuór lèi le jiù xiūxi yíxià.

Rest for a bit when you get tired from working.

HSK 3

他干活儿很认真。

Tā gànhuór hěn rènzhēn.

He works very diligently.

usage

干活儿 is colloquial and typically refers to manual or physical labor. For office work, you'd more commonly say 工作.

mistakes

The character 干 has two pronunciations: gān (dry; cheers) and gàn (to do/work). Context determines which one.

干 gān

活 huó

儿 ér