Chinese word

误工

Pronunciation

Pinyinwù gōng

Meaning

  • verblose wages

Example

手术后他误工了十天。shǒu shù hòu tā wù gōng le shí tiān

After surgery, he lost ten days' wages.

Illustration for 误工 (lose wages)

More examples

因为大雪，很多人今天误工。yīn wèi dà xuě hěn duō rén jīn tiān wù gōng

Because of the heavy snow, many people missed work today.

Core concept

Work time disappears because a person cannot do the job, and the expected pay is lost with it.

Common phrases

  • 因交通堵塞误工yīn jiāo tōng dǔ sè wù gōng

    miss work because of traffic congestion

  • 不得不误工bù dé bú wù gōng

    have to miss work

Similar words

请假qǐng jià: Requesting permission to take time off work or school for illness or a personal matter.
没上班méi shàng bān: Failing to go to work during the expected work period.
缺勤quē qín: Not attending work on a day when work is scheduled.
旷工kuàng gōng: Being absent from work without approval.

Definition in Chinese

因病、事故或其他原因没有上班而损失工作时间或工资。yīn bìng shì gù huò qí tā yuán yīn méi yǒu shàng bān ér sǔn shī gōng zuò shí jiān huò gōng zī

Word origin

误工 (wùgōng, "lose work time") combines 误 (wù, "miss or delay") with 工 (gōng, "work"), presenting missed work as the key loss.

Usage tips

  • In conversation, this word is useful when an illness, accident, or other disruption has consequences for both a work schedule and income.

Other meanings

  • be absent from workverb
  • lose work timeverb

Opposites

  • 按时上班àn shí shàng bāngo to work on timeverb

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