民工 Traditional form: 民工 Pinyin (reading): míngōng Definitions: migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) temporary worker enlisted on a public project Characters: 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker Traditional characters: 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker