护工

護工

hùgōng

noun

Measure Word

一位护工 wèi

Meanings

1 nursing assistant
2 care worker (in a hospital or for the elderly)

Characters

to protect; care for

Examples

我们给爷爷请了一个护工。

Wǒmen gěi yéye qǐngle yí ge hùgōng.

We hired a care worker for Grandpa.

护工一天要照顾好几位病人。

Hùgōng yì tiān yào zhàogù hǎo jǐ wèi bìngrén.

A care worker looks after several patients a day.

Tips

usage

Distinct from 护士 (nurse, medically licensed). 护工 handles non-medical care — feeding, bathing, turning bedridden patients — and is usually hired privately by the family, not the hospital.

Stroke Order

护 hù

工 gōng