粵

做zou6工gung1

zou6 gung1zuò gōng

English

  1. to work with one's hands
  2. manual work
  3. workmanship
  4. craftsmanship
  5. to work in a post; to have a job ----
  6. to do manual work; to work

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 製作物品時所用嘅技巧同手藝
  2. 返工;做嘢;打工
  3. 從事同體力勞動有關嘅工作

Examples

  • 汤姆在图书馆做工。

    Tom works at a library.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 汤姆在本地超市做工。

    Tom works at the local supermarket.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 你看这两件做工要比那些讲究。

    See how much more carefully made these are compared to those?

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 去外埠做工

    to work overseas

  • 呢件手作造工好精細。

    This piece of work involves very fine craftsmanship.

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

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