矿工

礦工

kuànggōng

noun #8,502

Measure Word

一个矿工 gè

Meanings

1 miner; mine worker

Characters

mine; ore; mineral

Mine + worker — someone who works in a mine.

Examples

矿工们在地下工作很危险。

Kuànggōng men zài dìxià gōngzuò hěn wēixiǎn.

It's very dangerous for miners to work underground.

那次矿难中有三十名矿工被困。

Nà cì kuàng nàn zhōng yǒu sānshí míng kuànggōng bèi kùn.

Thirty miners were trapped in that mining disaster.

他的爷爷曾经是一名煤矿工。

Tā de yéye céngjīng shì yī míng méikuàng gōng.

His grandfather was once a coal miner.

Tips

usage

矿工 refers to traditional miners who extract minerals underground. In the cryptocurrency world, 矿工 is also used for 'crypto miner,' and 挖矿 (wā kuàng, to mine) refers to cryptocurrency mining.

Stroke Order

矿 kuàng

工 gōng