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工会

gōnghuì

trade union; labour union

Workers in hard hats stand together arm in arm
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Characters in this word

工 gōng

Strokes
3
Radical
工 — labor, work
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 工

会 huì

Strokes
6
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 云 cloud
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 工会代表要求企业公开裁员方案,并保障员工申诉渠道。 Gōnghuì dàibiǎo yāoqiú qǐyè gōngkāi cáiyuán fāng'àn, bìng bǎozhàng yuángōng shēnsù qúdào. The union representatives asked the company to disclose its redundancy plan and protect employees' channels for appeal.
  • 工会每年都会给员工组织一次春游。 Gōnghuì měi nián dōu huì gěi yuángōng zǔzhī yí cì chūnyóu. The union organises a spring outing for the staff every year.
  • 他加入了工会,遇到问题可以请工会帮忙。 Tā jiārù le gōnghuì, yùdào wèntí kěyǐ qǐng gōnghuì bāngmáng. He joined the union, so he can ask it for help if he runs into problems.

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