干活儿 (gàn huó r) — to work (especially physical labor), to do a job

Definition

干活儿 (gàn huór) is the everyday, colloquial way to say 'to work' in Chinese, especially for physical or manual labor. It's more casual and concrete than 在职 (formal job status) and 务工 (migrant labor); use it for general 'doing work' in daily conversation.

verb

to work (especially physical labor)to do a job

Examples

干活儿。
Wǒ jīntiān yào gàn huó r.
I need to work today.
。
Tā gàn le yì tiān huór.
He worked for a day.
干活儿？
Nǐmen zài nǎr gàn huó r?
Where do you work?

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