打工 dǎgōng▶ Trabajar, trabajo

Stroke order

打工 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

• 打 — 5 strokes
• 工 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. to work a temporary or casual job
2. (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation

Related words

• 员工empleado
• 工业Industria
• 工人Trabajador
• 工具herramienta
• 工厂fábrica
• 手工manual

打工 is pronounced dǎgōng and means “Trabajar, trabajo”. It is part of the HSK 5 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 打工 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.