罢 bà
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 去 to go away, to leave, to depart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
罢工
bàgōng
to strike; strike
Characters in this word
工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 工人罢工不是一时冲动，而是长期欠薪和安全隐患积累后的结果。 Gōngrén bàgōng bú shì yìshí chōngdòng, ér shì chángqī qiànxīn hé ānquán yǐnhuàn jīlěi hòu de jiéguǒ. The workers' strike was not a momentary impulse, but the result of long-term unpaid wages and accumulated safety risks.
- 地铁司机明天要罢工，大家最好提前想别的办法。 Dìtiě sījī míngtiān yào bàgōng, dàjiā zuìhǎo tíqián xiǎng biéde bànfǎ. The metro drivers are going on strike tomorrow, so everyone had better think of another way to travel in advance.
- 他们罢工三天，要求公司提高工资。 Tāmen bàgōng sān tiān, yāoqiú gōngsī tígāo gōngzī. They went on strike for three days, demanding that the company raise wages.
Related words
- 罢了 bàle that is all; merely; just
- 罢免 bàmiǎn to remove from office; to dismiss
- 罢休 bàxiū to stop; to let the matter drop
- 工人 gōngrén worker
- 工作 gōngzuò to work; work, job
- 打工 dǎgōng to work a temporary job
- 工厂 gōngchǎng factory
- 工程师 gōngchéngshī engineer
- 工夫 gōngfu free time
- 工具 gōngjù tool
- 工业 gōngyè industry
- 工资 gōngzī salary