打工

dǎ gōng HSK 2SEPARABLE VERB

SV10 examples

to hire out for work; to work part time; to do manual work (for sb, usu. temporarily)

打临时工

dǎ línshí gōng

working part-time

她是一个勤劳的打工妹。

Tā shì yí gè qínláo de dǎgōng mèi.

She is a hard-working working girl.

有不少外籍人来本地打工。

yǒu bù shǎo wàijí rén lái běndì dǎgōng.

Many foreigners come to work locally.

为了还债，她努力打工。

wèile huánzhài, tā nǔlì dǎgōng.

In order to pay off the debt, she worked hard.

他节假日外出打工，挣些活钱儿。

tā jié jià rì wài chū dǎ gōng, zhèng xiē huó qiánr.

He went out to work during holidays to earn some living money.

她在工厂里打工。

tā zài gōngchǎng lǐ dǎgōng.

She works in a factory.

他每天放学后去打工。

tā měitiān fàngxué hòu qù dǎgōng.

He works part-time after school every day.

她周末在咖啡店打工。

tā zhōumò zài kāfēi diàn dǎgōng.

She works part-time at a coffee shop on weekends.

大学时，我打过几次工。

dàxué shí, wǒ dǎguò jǐ cì gōng.

When I was in university, I worked part-time a few times.

他为了攒学费去打工。

tā wèile zǎn xuéfèi qù dǎgōng.

He works part-time to earn money for tuition.