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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 民工

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
民工 mín gōng - migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
- temporary worker enlisted on a public project

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 30,703 6,191 9,501

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
民 mín- surname Min
民 mín- (bound form) the people
- inhabitants of a country
工 gōng- work
- worker
- skill
- profession
- trade
- craft
- labor

Other Words Containing 民工

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
民工 - 6 30,703 6,191 9,501
农民工 - 9 81,434 4,032 6,423