干活儿

幹活兒

gànhuór

verb HSK 2 #26,584

Meanings

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

他每天都在干活儿。

Tā měitiān dōu zài gànhuór.

He works every day.

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.

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