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; labour
simp. and trad. (打工)		打	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gung¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): da³ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎgong
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kung¹
    • Yale: dǎ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daagong
    • Palladius: дагун (dagun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 打工 打恭 打躬

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daa² gung¹
    • Yale: dá gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 打工 打恭 打躬

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: da³ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

打⫽工 (verb-object)

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) 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。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng zài shǔjià dǎgōng. [Pinyin]

   I'm planning to get a job for the summer.

   你在外邊打工實在是太苦了。 [MSC, trad.]
   你在外边打工实在是太苦了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài wàibiān dǎgōng shízài shì tài kǔ le. [Pinyin]

   It's really too hard for you to work outside.

2. (Hong Kong, Cantonese) to work (for a company); to be employed

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 拍工

Derived terms

• 打工人 (dǎgōngrén)
• 打工仔 (dǎgōngzǎi)
• 打工妹 (dǎgōngmèi)