义工 yìgōng volunteer worker
volunteer worker; volunteer work
How to remember 义工: 义 right conduct + 工 work = volunteer worker.
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- Volunteer work, or a volunteer worker - 做义工 (zuò yìgōng) to do volunteer work, 当义工 (dāng yìgōng) to be a volunteer.
- Common in Hong Kong/Taiwan and southern usage; the mainland-standard synonym is 志愿者 (zhìyuànzhě, volunteer) / 志愿服务.
- 义工 stresses unpaid service (义 = for a righteous, unpaid cause).