打工

• 拼音: dǎ gōng
• 汉字拆解: 打 = 扌 (hand) + 丁 (nail) — to strike, do, work; 工 = pictograph of a tool — work, labor

含义

To do manual or part-time work; to work for someone else. Often implies non-professional employment.

Originally from Cantonese, it became widespread in Mandarin. 打工 typically implies working for wages rather than running one's own business. Used especially for part-time, temporary, or blue-collar work. 打工人 became a popular internet term meaning working people.

例句

1. 很多大学生假期去打工。
2. 他在一家餐厅打工。
3. 她从十八岁就开始出来打工了。

用法指南

语境: employment, part-time work, student life

语气: casual

正确说法

• 你在哪里打工？(Where do you work?)
• 暑假的时候我去打工赚学费。(I work part-time during summer to earn tuition.)

错误说法

• 不要对专业人士说'你在打工吗' — 打工 usually implies lower-level or temporary work. For professional employment, use 工作 instead.

起源与历史

From Cantonese 打工 (daa2 gung1). 打 (to do, to work) + 工 (work, labor). Originally a southern dialect expression that spread to standard Mandarin.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal