矿工

礦工
kuànggōng
noun #8,502

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 miner; mine worker

Characters

Mine + worker - someone who works in a mine.

Examples

HSK 5
Kuànggōng men zài dìxià gōngzuò hěn wēixiǎn.
It's very dangerous for miners to work underground.
HSK 6
Tā de yéye céngjīng shì yī míng méi kuànggōng.
His grandfather was once a coal miner.
HSK 7-9
Nà cì kuàngnàn zhōng yǒu sānshí míng kuànggōng bèi kùn.
Thirty miners were trapped in that mining disaster.

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 (to mine) refers to cryptocurrency mining.

Stroke Order

kuàng
gōng