打工

打工

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
simp. and trad. (打工)		打	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: dǎgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daagong
    • IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 打工 打恭 打躬

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: daa² gung¹
    • Yale: dá gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /täː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 打工 打恭 打躬

Verb

打工

1. to work on a part-time, casual or temporary basis

   準備到北京打工 / 准备到北京打工  ―  zhǔnbèi dào běijīng dǎgōng  ―  to intend to go to Beijing for work

   我想在暑假打工。  ―  Wǒ xiǎng zài shǔjià dǎgōng.  ―  I'm planning to get a job for the summer.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 拍工

Derived terms

打工仔 (dǎgōngzǎi)

打工妹