dǎ gōng
打工 (dǎ gōng) is a Chinese word meaning “to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation”.
Meanings
- 1to work a temporary or casual job
- 2(of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
Characters in 打工
Related words
打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")工作to work打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open打扰to disturb打赌to bet特工secret service打败to defeat员工staff; personnel; employee打架to fight