WordTaiwan frequency #23,703
半工半讀
ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ
“studying while working part-time to earn tuition and living expenses”
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半
ㄅㄢˋ
Half; semi-; incomplete; in the middle; a very small amount; part of something; and a half (after a number).
工
ㄍㄨㄥ
Work; a worker or laborer; skill or craft; a trade or profession; large-scale construction; industry.
讀
ㄉㄨˊ
To read aloud; to read; to study or attend school; to pronounce; a pause or comma in text (less common).
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 工作ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋto work; to operate (of a machine); job; task; employment; labor
- 工程ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊengineering; a project or undertaking involving construction, manufacturing, or large-scale technical work; a planned work process in fields like civil, mechanical, or hydraulic engineering.
- 員工ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥemployee; staff member; personnel; a person hired by an employer to work in exchange for wages.
- 閱讀ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨˊto read; reading; the act of reading written material.
- 志工ㄓˋ ㄍㄨㄥa volunteer; a person who offers unpaid service to a public or charitable organization.
- 工廠ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˇfactory; manufacturing plant where raw materials or semi-finished goods are turned into finished products using machines and workers; typically includes production, operations, and management departments
- 讀者ㄉㄨˊ ㄓㄜˇreader; a person who reads books, newspapers, magazines, or articles
- 工具ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋtool; instrument; utensil; means to achieve a goal; something used to accomplish a purpose
- 一半ㄧ ㄅㄢˋhalf; one of two equal parts; 50%.
- 工業ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋindustry; the sector of the economy concerned with manufacturing and production of goods.
- 勞工ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄥlaborer; worker employed to do manual or physical work in exchange for wages; labor (as a general concept).
- 讀書ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨto read books; to study; to attend school