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打工
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ gōng
Meanings
- to work a temporary or casual job
- (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
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3–1 · da3 gong1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daa2 gung1
Cantonese word readings for 打工. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daa2 gung1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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verb
- (Mainland China, Taiwan) to work on a part-time, casual or temporary basis
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) to work (for a company); to be employed
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