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社se5工gung1

se5 gung1shè gōng

English

  1. social work
  2. social worker; short form of 社會工作者
  3. social worker
  4. (cybersecurity) social engineering (abbr. for 社會工程學|社会工程学[she4 hui4 gong1 cheng2 xue2])

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 社會工作者嘅簡稱,一種幫助個人、家庭或社區恢復正常生活,適應佢哋所在嘅環境,改善社會問題嘅職業(量詞:位/名/個)

Examples

  • 佢因為家庭問題要見社工。

    He needs to see a social worker due to family problems.

  • 我是社工。

    I'm a social worker.

    Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

  • 我在旅行社工作.

    I work in a travel agency.

    Tatoeba · Kiwi CC BY

  • 我为这家报社工作四年了。

    I have been working for this newspaper for 4 years.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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