Definition
务工 (wù gōng) specifically describes rural people working as manual laborers in cities, often implying they have moved away from home. Unlike 打工 (dǎ gōng), which is usually temporary or part-time, or 干活儿 (gàn huór), which just means doing physical work, 务工 carries the sense of relocating for labor work.
verb
to work as a laborer (typically referring to rural migrants in cities)
Easily confused
- 加工jiā gōnglook-aliketo process, to work on (raw materials, parts, or data)
Examples
- ，务工。Tā wèile yǎng jiā, xuǎnzé qù nánfāng wù gōng.He chose to go south to work as a laborer to support his family.
- 务工，。Hěn duō niánqīng rén bú zài yuànyì wù gōng, ér shì xiǎng xué yì mén shǒuyì.Many young people are no longer willing to work as laborers; instead they want to learn a trade.
- 务工，。wù gōng suīrán xīnkǔ, dàn shōurù bǐ zhòng dì gāo.Although working as a laborer is hard, the income is higher than farming.
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