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打工

dǎ gōng

HSK 2 · word 583 of 3,000

Meaning

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

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Characters in 打工

• 打 dǎ a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")

Learned around the same time

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• 词 cí word
• 词典 cí diǎn dictionary
• 词语 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
• 从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age
• 答应 dā ying to answer; to respond
• 打算 dǎ suàn to plan
• 打印 dǎ yìn to affix a seal
• 大部分 dà bù fen the greater part; the majority; most
• 大大 dà dà greatly
• 大多数 dà duō shù (great) majority
• 大海 dà hǎi sea

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