zik1 gung1職工职工
Jyutpingzik1 gung1
Yalejīk gūng
Definition
Staff and workers; employees.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal or organizational contexts, such as within labor unions, large corporations, or government departments. It functions as a collective noun that encompasses both white-collar administrative staff and blue-collar manual workers. In casual daily conversation, people are much more likely to use 員工 or 同事 to refer to colleagues or employees.
Examples
The staff and workers at this company are very united.
The staff representatives are holding a meeting to discuss benefits.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this term to refer to a single individual, as it is inherently a collective noun. If you want to talk about one person, use 職員 or 工人 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
