"打工仔" meaning in Chinese

See 打工仔 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /a⁵⁵ kɵŋ³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 打工仔
  1. (colloquial) young worker; employee Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-打工仔-zh-noun-HlGHcYSq Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) young man who leaves his hometown in the countryside to work in menial jobs in the city Tags: Mainland-China, colloquial
    Sense id: en-打工仔-zh-noun-bDeTLU6W Categories (other): Mainland China Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
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          "english": "Working folks like us getting sick, running ourselves ragged",
          "ref": " 1977 March 26, Theme Song, The Private Eyes (半斤八兩), sung by Sam Hui (許冠傑) at the 1st Hong Kong Gold Disc Award Presentation (第一屆香港金唱片頒獎典禮)",
          "roman": "ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai² tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek⁶ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶",
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          "text": "我哋呢班打工仔通街走糴直頭係壞腸胃",
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      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ"
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      "zh_pron": "ta³-kung¹-tsai³"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh_pron": "dǎ-gūng-dzǎi"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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      "zh_pron": "daagongtzae"
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      "zh_pron": "dá gūng jái"
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