工友 (gōng yǒu) — fellow worker, colleague; service worker (in schools, government offices, etc.)
Definition
工友 means a coworker or workmate (esp. a blue-collar peer), but is also the term for the maintenance/cleaning staff in schools or government offices — a sense 同事 does not cover. Pronounce as gōngyǒu, not gōngyǒu with a pause.
noun
fellow workercolleagueservice worker (in schools, government offices, etc.)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 工友。Tā shì wǒ yǐ qián de gōng yǒu.He is my former workmate.
- 工友。Xué xiào lǐ de gōng yǒu fù zé dǎ sǎo hé wéi xiū.The service workers at school are responsible for cleaning and maintenance.
- 工友。Wǒ hé gōng yǒu yì qǐ wán chéng le zhè ge rèn wu.My colleague and I completed this task together.
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