罢工

罷工

bàgōng

verb/noun HSK 6 #6,814

Measure Word

一次罢工 cì

Meanings

1 to go on strike
2 strike (labor action)

Characters

to stop; to cease

To stop working — a labor strike.

Examples

工人们决定罢工。

Gōngrénmen juédìng bàgōng.

The workers decided to go on strike.

罢工持续了一个星期。

Bàgōng chíxù le yī gè xīngqī.

The strike lasted for a week.

地铁工人罢工，影响了很多人。

Dìtiě gōngrén bàgōng, yǐngxiǎng le hěn duō rén.

The subway workers went on strike, affecting many people.

Tips

usage

Other 罢X compounds: 罢课 (bà kè, student strike/boycott of classes), 罢市 (bà shì, merchants' strike). The pattern 罢 + activity = refusing to do that activity as a form of protest.

Stroke Order

罢 bà

工 gōng