劳作

勞作

láozuò

verb #18,055

Meanings

1 to labor
2 manual work
3 toil

Characters

Examples

农民在田间辛苦劳作。

Nóngmín zài tiánjiān xīnkǔ láozuò.

The farmers toiled hard in the fields.

一天的劳作之后，大家都累了。

Yī tiān de láozuò zhīhòu, dàjiā dōu lèi le.

After a day of hard labor, everyone was tired.

Tips

register

劳作 has a literary/formal feel, often used in writing about rural life or physical hardship. In everyday speech, 干活 (to work) is more common.

Stroke Order

劳 láo

作 zuò