打工仔
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Chinese[edit]
to work on a part-time, casual or temporary basis | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
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simp. and trad. (打工仔) |
打工 | 仔 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
打工仔
- (colloquial) young worker; employee
- 我哋呢班打工仔通街走糴直頭係壞腸胃 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1977 March 26, Theme Song, The Private Eyes (半斤八兩), sung by Sam Hui (許冠傑) at the 1st Hong Kong Gold Disc Award Presentation (第一屆香港金唱片頒獎典禮)
- ngo5 dei6 ne1 baan1 daa2 gung1 zai2 tung1 gaai1 zau2 dek6 zik6 tau4 hai6 waai6 coeng4 wai6 [Jyutping]
- Working folks like us getting sick, running ourselves ragged
我哋呢班打工仔通街走籴直头系坏肠胃 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) young man who leaves his hometown in the countryside to work in menial jobs in the city