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劳动

láo dòng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 勞動 Measure word 次

劳动 (láo dòng) means "labor, work". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 劳动 means

1. work
2. toil
3. physical labor

The characters in 劳动

• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 他不爱劳动。
  He is not one for hard work.
• 我不能做体力劳动。
  Wǒ bù néng zuò tǐlìláodòng.
  I'm unable to do manual labour.
• 吉姆怕了体力劳动了。
  Jí mǔ pà le tǐlìláodòng le.
  Jim was afraid of physical labor.
• 他在收获他的劳动果实。
  He is reaping the fruits of his labor.
• 许多劳动者受困在煤矿场中。
  Xǔduō láodòngzhě shòukùn zài méikuàng chǎng zhōng.
  Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.
• 他对自己的劳动成果很满意。
  He was satisfied with the work he had done.

Words starting with 劳动

• 劳动力láo dòng lìlabor force; manpower
• 劳动者láo dòng zhěworker; laborer
• 劳动人民láo dòng rén mínworking people; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
• 劳动模范láo dòng mó fànmodel worker
• 劳动教养láo dòng jiào yǎngreeducation through labor
• 劳动节Láo dòng jiéInternational Labor Day (May Day)
• 劳动改造láo dòng gǎi zàoreeducation through labor; laogai (prison camp)
• 劳动报Láo dòng BàoTrud (Russian newspaper)
• 劳动营láo dòng yínglabor camp; prison camp with hard labor
• 劳动保险láo dòng bǎo xiǎnlabor insurance
• 劳动合同láo dòng hé tonglabor contract; contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
• 劳动能力láo dòng néng lìability to work
• 劳动新闻Láo dòng xīn wénRodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central…

Words containing 劳动

• 体力劳动tǐ lì láo dòngphysical labor
• 脑力劳动nǎo lì láo dòngmental labor; intellectual work
• 生产劳动shēng chǎn láo dòngproductive labor
• 国际劳动节Guó jì Láo dòng JiéMay Day; International Labor Day (May 1)
• 半劳动力bàn láo dòng lìone able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
• 强迫劳动qiǎng pò láo dòngforced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
• 朝鲜劳动党Cháo xiǎn Láo dòng dǎngWorkers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
• 厚生劳动省Hòu shēng Láo dòng shěngMinistry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)

Where 劳动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read láo dòng correctly.
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