打工

dǎgōng

verb HSK 2 #5,577

Meanings

他在餐厅打工。

Tā zài cāntīng dǎgōng.

He works part-time at a restaurant.

大学生经常出去打工。

Dàxuéshēng jīngcháng chūqù dǎgōng.

College students often go out to work part-time.

打工人的生活不容易。

Dǎgōngrén de shēnghuó bù róngyì.

The life of a worker isn't easy.

culture

打工人 became a viral meme in China around 2020, used self-deprecatingly to describe the grind of daily work life.

usage

打工 often implies lower-status or temporary work. For professional jobs, use 工作.

打 dǎ

工 gōng