打杂

打雜

dǎzá

verb #19,577

Meanings

1 to do odd jobs
2 to do unskilled work

Characters

to do; to work at

miscellaneous; mixed

Examples

他在饭店打杂，什么活都干。

Tā zài fàndiàn dǎzá, shénme huó dōu gàn.

He does odd jobs at the restaurant, doing whatever needs to be done.

别小看打杂的工作，也能学到不少东西。

Bié xiǎokàn dǎzá de gōngzuò, yě néng xuédào bùshǎo dōngxi.

Don't look down on doing odd jobs; you can learn a lot from it too.

Tips

usage

Often used self-deprecatingly to describe one's own work as menial. 打杂的 (with 的) is used as a noun meaning odd-jobs worker.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

杂 zá