打工仔 [－－－]

Jyutping daa2 gung1 zai2
Pinyin dǎ gōng zǎi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. young worker
  2. employee
  3. young male worker
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    傭方​；​僱員​（​量​詞​：​個​/​班​）
    person who belongs to the working class; employee
    • 我哋呢班打工仔
      我哋呢班打工仔
      ngo5 dei6 ni1 baan1 daa2 gung1 zai2
      We the workers
  2. 近義詞
    上班一族、上班族
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Mainland-China, colloquial
    young man who leaves his hometown in the countryside to work in menial jobs in the city
  2. noun, colloquial
    young worker; employee
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 工人
  2. 上班族
  3. 小工人
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢间办公室系个大染缸，一个满腔热诚嘅毕业生入咗去，一个唯唯诺诺嘅打工仔出返嚟。
    呢間辦公室係個大染缸，一個滿腔熱誠嘅畢業生入咗去，一個唯唯諾諾嘅打工仔出返嚟。
    ni1 gaan1 baan6 gung1 sat1 hai6 go3 daai6 jim5 gong1, jat1 go3 mun5 hung1 jit6 sing4 ge3 bat1 jip6 sang1 jap6 zo3 heoi3, jat3 go3 wai2 wai2 nok6 nok6 ge3 daa2 gung1 zai2 ceot1 faan1 lei4.
    • This office is soul crushing. In goes an aspiring graduate, out comes a brownnosing wageslave.
  2. Cantonese
    打工仔
    打工仔
    daa2 gung1 zai2
    • employee
    • wage earner
  3. Cantonese
    当政府话要加税，香港嘅打工仔都怨声载道。
    當政府話要加税，香港嘅打工仔都怨聲載道。
    dong1 zing3 fu2 waa6 jiu3 gaa1 seoi3, hoeng1 gong2 ge3 daa2 gung1 zai2 dou1 jyun3 sing1 zoi3 dou6.
    • After the government announced a tax rise, every worker in HK expresses their discontent.
  4. Cantonese
    我哋呢班打工仔
    我哋呢班打工仔
    ngo5 dei6 ni1 baan1 daa2 gung1 zai2
    • We the workers
  5. Cantonese
    佢财雄势大，打工仔唔够佢斗。
    佢財雄勢大，打工仔唔夠佢鬥。
    keoi5 coi4 hung4 sai3 daai6, daa2 gung1 zai2 m4 gau3 keoi5 dau3.
    • He is rich and powerful. A mere working person wouldn't defeat him.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。
    我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。
    ngo5 dei6 ni1 baan1 daa2 gung1 zai2, tung1 gaai1 zau2 dek3 zik6 tau4 hai6 waai6 coeng4 wai6.
    • We workers are constantly running around everywhere, that's really bad for the digestive system.