工日 (gōng rì) — man-day; unit of labor equal to one person working for one day

Definition

Examples

• 这项工程预计需要两千工日。
  Zhè xiàng gōng chéng yù jì xū yào liǎng qiān gōng rì.
  This project is expected to require 2,000 man-days.
• 在人民公社时期，农民每天上工挣一个工日。
  Zài rén mín gōng shè shí qī, nóng mín měi tiān shàng gōng zhèng yí gè gōng rì.
  During the People's Commune period, peasants would earn one workday each day they went to work.
• 统计部门把每个月的工日总数记入档案。
  Tǒng jì bù mén bǎ měi gè yuè de gōng rì zǒng shù jì rù dàng àn.
  The statistics department records the total number of man-days each month into the archive.