罢工

罷工
bàgōng
verb HSK 6 #6,814

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 to go on strike
  2. 2 strike (labor action)

Characters

To stop working - a labor strike.

Examples

HSK 2
Dìtiě gōngrén bàgōng, yǐngxiǎng le hěnduō rén.
The subway workers went on strike, affecting many people.
HSK 3
Gōngrén men juédìng bàgōng.
The workers decided to go on strike.
HSK 6
Gōngrén men yòng bàgōng lái kàngyì bù gōngpíng de dàiyù.
The workers used a strike to protest the unfair treatment.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

gōng