Definition & Meaning

do manual labour

Word usage

zuò huó r

做 活 儿

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v.infmldo manual labour
- hái zi yě néng bāng zhe zuò huó r le
  孩子也能帮着做活儿了。
  The child can also help with some work.
- tā men zài dì li zuò huó r
  他们在地里做活儿。
  They work on the land.
- xué sheng men zhè huì r dōu zài tián jiān zuò huó r
  学生们这会儿都在田间做活儿。
  The pupils are now working in the field.
synonym
gàn huó r干活儿

Word usage

Separable word
"做" and "活儿" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我最近家里事多，做不了活儿了。
  I need to attend to many family affairs, so I cannot do any work.
- 需要五个人做这个活儿。
  It takes five people to do the work.
- 你们是做什么活儿的？
  What did you do?

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