农 nóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冖 — cover
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
农民工
nóngmíngōng
migrant worker; rural migrant worker
Characters in this word
民 mín
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 民 — citizens, subjects
- Made of
- 巳 snake 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 城市建设离不开农民工，但他们的社会保障仍需进一步完善。 Chéngshì jiànshè lí bù kāi nóngmíngōng, dàn tāmen de shèhuì bǎozhàng réng xū jìnyíbù wánshàn. Urban construction depends on rural migrant workers, but their social security still needs further improvement.
- 他父亲是农民工，每年只有春节才回家。 Tā fùqin shì nóngmíngōng, měi nián zhǐyǒu Chūnjié cái huí jiā. His father is a migrant worker and only comes home at Spring Festival each year.
- 许多农民工离开农村，到大城市的工地上干活。 Xǔduō nóngmíngōng líkāi nóngcūn, dào dà chéngshì de gōngdì shàng gànhuó. Many migrant workers leave the countryside and work on building sites in big cities.
Related words
- 农村 nóngcūn countryside; village
- 农民 nóngmín farmer
- 农业 nóngyè agriculture; farming
- 农产品 nóngchǎnpǐn farm products
- 农田 nóngtián farmland
- 农场 nóngchǎng farm
- 农历 nónglì lunar calendar; traditional Chinese calendar
- 公民 gōngmín citizen
- 民间 mínjiān folk
- 民族 mínzú ethnic group; nationality
- 人民 rénmín the people
- 人民币 rénmínbì Chinese yuan