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打工

dǎgōng
verb HSK 2 #5,577

Meanings

  1. 1 to work a casual job
  2. 2 to do manual/part-time work

Examples

他在餐厅打工。
Tā zài cāntīng dǎgōng.
He works part-time at a restaurant.
大学生经常出去打工。
Dàxuéshēng jīngcháng chūqù dǎgōng.
College students often go out to work part-time.
打工人的生活不容易。
Dǎgōng rén de shēnghuó bù róngyì.
The life of a worker isn't easy.

Tips

culture
打工人 became a viral meme in China around 2020, used self-deprecatingly to describe the grind of daily work life.
usage
打工 often implies lower-status or temporary work. For professional jobs, use 工作.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ
工 gōng