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打工

to work part-time

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

da3gong1 • dǎgōng

Meaning

Primary

to work part-time

Alternatives

work part-time, working part-time, works part-time, worked part-time, part-time job

Mnemonic

You are 打工 working part-time doing a strange type of 工 work. Every five seconds, you must 打 strike a big I-beam. It's a strange 打工 part-time job, but it pays well. Though you don't know why you are getting paid to do it.

Usage

他 在 饭店 打工。

He works part-time at a restaurant.

他 每天 去 餐厅 打工。

He works part-time at a restaurant every day.

假期 时间 我 去 打工。

I work part-time during the holidays.