劳动 (láodòng) means Labor (work). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
劳动 创造了美好的生活。
Láodòng chuàngzào le měihǎo de shēnghuó.
Labour has created a good life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 创造
作品歌颂了普通 劳动 者。
Zuòpǐn gēsòng le pǔtōng láodòngzhě.
The work extols ordinary working people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 歌颂
监狱里也有学习和 劳动 。
Jiānyù lǐ yě yǒu xuéxí hé láodòng.
There is study and work in prison too.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监狱
农民辛勤 劳动 了一整年。
Nóngmín xīnqín láodòng le yì zhěng nián.
The farmers laboured hard the whole year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辛勤
学校号召大家参加义务 劳动 。
Xuéxiào hàozhào dàjiā cānjiā yìwù láodòng.
The school called on everyone to take part in voluntary work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 号召
机器把人从重体力 劳动 中解放出来。
Jīqì bǎ rén cóng zhòng tǐlì láodòng zhōng jiěfàng chūlái.
Machines free people from heavy physical labour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解放
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Questions about 劳动
How is 劳动 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 劳动 (láodòng, "Labor (work)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 劳动 an HSK word?
Yes — 劳动 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 劳动?
The dictionary page for 劳动 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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