合同工 (hé tong gōng) — contract worker

Definition

noun

contract worker

Measure word · 个

合同工。
Xǔ duō gōng sī dōu gù yōng hé tong gōng lái wán chéng duǎn qī xiàng mù.
Many companies hire contract workers to complete short-term projects.
，合同工。
Yǔ zhèng shì yuán gōng xiāng bǐ, hé tong gōng de fú lì dài yù tōng cháng jiào shǎo.
Compared to permanent employees, contract workers usually have fewer benefits.
合同工，。
Tā zài nà jiā gōng sī zuò le sān nián de hé tong gōng, hòu lái cái zhuǎn wéi zhèng shì yuán gōng.
He worked as a contract worker at that company for three years before becoming a permanent employee.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

合同contract

联合Side by side

“合同” means a mutual agreement, and “工” denotes the worker bound by it.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.