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
- 1976, “半斤八兩”, in 半斤八兩 (“The Private Eyes”), performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:
  
  我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直頭係壞腸胃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai², tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek³ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶. [Jyutping]
  We workers are constantly running around everywhere, that's really bad for the digestive system.
(colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) young man who leaves his hometown in the countryside to work in menial jobs in the city