Definition

Examples

• 他在工厂当佣工，每天工作十小时。
  Tā zài gōngchǎng dāng yōnggōng, měitiān gōngzuò shí xiǎoshí.
  He works as a hired laborer at the factory, working ten hours a day.
• 这家地主雇佣了很多佣工。
  Zhè jiā dìzhǔ gùyōng le hěnduō yōnggōng.
  This landlord hired many servants.
• 佣工的工资很低，生活很辛苦。
  Yōnggōng de gōngzī hěn dī, shēnghuó hěn xīnkǔ.
  The wages of hired laborers are very low, and life is hard.