管工 (guǎn gōng) — plumber; foreman, overseer

Definition

Examples

• 水管坏了，我们请了一个管工来修。
  Shuǐ guǎn huài le, wǒ men qǐng le yí gè guǎn gōng lái xiū.
  The water pipe broke, so we hired a plumber to fix it.
• 他在工地上当管工，负责管理工人。
  Tā zài gōng dì shàng dàng guǎn gōng, fù zé guǎn lǐ gōng rén.
  He works as a foreman on the construction site, responsible for managing workers.
• 老张做了三十年的管工，经验非常丰富。
  Lǎo zhāng zuò le sān shí nián de guǎn gōng, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
  Old Zhang has been a foreman for thirty years and is very experienced.

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