怠
工

To slacken off in one's work in Chinese: 怠工 (dài gōng)

dài gōng

to slacken off in one's work

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to slacken off in one's work
  2. 2to go slow (as a form of strike)

Stroke order

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怠
工

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄨㄥ

gōng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 工人们用怠工的方式来抗议。

    gōng rén men yòng dài gōng de fāng shì lái kàng yì。

    The workers protested by deliberately slowing down their work.

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Related words

工作

gōng zuò

to work

工具

gōng jù

tool

工资

gōng zī

wages

打工

dǎ gōng

to work a temporary or casual job

工厂

gōng chǎng

factory

工人

gōng rén

worker

工业

gōng yè

industry

手工

shǒu gōng

handwork

工夫

gōng fū

(old) laborer

加工

jiā gōng

to process

人工

rén gōng

artificial

员工

yuán gōng

staff

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