怠 dài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怠工
dàigōng
to go slow at work; to deliberately reduce work output
Characters in this word
工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 工会否认怠工指控，强调产量下降是设备老化和排班混乱共同造成的。 Gōnghuì fǒurèn dàigōng zhǐkòng, qiángdiào chǎnliàng xiàjiàng shì shèbèi lǎohuà hé páibān hùnluàn gòngtóng zàochéng de. The union denied the accusation of deliberate slowdown, stressing that the fall in output was caused jointly by ageing equipment and chaotic scheduling.
- 工人们为了抗议降薪，集体怠工了两天。 Gōngrénmen wèile kàngyì jiàngxīn, jítǐ dàigōng le liǎng tiān. To protest the pay cut, the workers collectively slowed down their work for two days.
- 老板发现有人故意怠工，就加强了检查。 Lǎobǎn fāxiàn yǒu rén gùyì dàigōng, jiù jiāqiáng le jiǎnchá. The boss noticed that someone was deliberately slacking off and stepped up inspections.
Related words
- 怠慢 dàimàn to slight; to neglect; to treat coldly
- 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
- 加工 jiāgōng to process
- 人工 réngōng artificial; human-made