男工 (nán gōng) — male worker | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

male worker

Measure word · 个

Easily confused

男工。
Zhè jiā gōng chǎng de nán gōng jì shù dōu hěn shú liàn.
The male workers at this factory are all very skilled.
，男工。
Jiàn zhù gōng dì shàng, nán gōng men zhèng zài bān yùn shuǐ ní.
At the construction site, male workers are carrying cement.
男工。
Gōng sī zhāo pìn le shí míng nán gōng hé wǔ míng nǚ gōng.
The company hired ten male workers and five female workers.

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.

男 gives male and 工 gives worker, together naming a male worker.

Characters in this word

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

田力男

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

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.