打工

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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

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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.
    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.
    It's really too hard for you to work outside.
  2. (Hong Kong, Cantonese) to work (for a company); to be employed

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