移民工

yímíngōng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 migrant worker
  2. 2 immigrant laborer

Examples

Xǔduō yímíngōng zài gōngchǎng lǐ gōngzuò.
Many migrant workers are employed in factories.
Xīnwén bàodào le yímíngōng de shēnghuó zhuàngkuàng.
The news reported on migrant workers' living conditions.

Tips

usage
Refers to workers who have crossed an international border for employment. For internal Chinese rural-to-urban labor migration, the standard term is 农民工 (nóngmíngōng, 'rural worker'); 移民工 is mostly used in foreign-affairs and global-labor contexts.

Stroke Order

mín
gōng