打工仔

Chinese

		to work on a part-time, casual or temporary basis	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (打工仔)		打工	仔

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎgōngzǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥㄗㄞˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daa² gung¹ zai²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): a² guung¹ doi²

打工仔

(colloquial) young worker; employee
- 我哋呢班打工仔通街走糴直頭係壞腸胃 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我哋呢班打工仔通街走籴直头系坏肠胃 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1977 March 26, Theme Song, The Private Eyes (半斤八兩), sung by Sam Hui (許冠傑) at the 1st Hong Kong Gold Disc Award Presentation (第一屆香港金唱片頒獎典禮)
  ngo⁵ dei⁶ ne¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai² tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek⁶ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶ [Jyutping]
  Working folks like us getting sick, running ourselves ragged
(colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) young man who leaves his hometown in the countryside to work in menial jobs in the city

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