# 打工 (dǎgōng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 打工 (dǎgōng) means “to work a casual or temp job”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to work a casual or temp job
- Pinyin: dǎgōng (da3 gong1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他周末去书店打工。
  Tā zhōumò qù shūdiàn dǎgōng.
  He works part-time at a bookstore on weekends.

## Characters

- [打](https://hanziro.com/word/da-hit/) (dǎ): to hit; to play
- 工 (gōng): work; worker

https://hanziro.com/word/da-gong-work-casual-or/

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