误工

Traditional form:

誤工

Pinyin (reading):

wùgōng

Definitions:

• to be late for or absent from work
• to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work
• loss of working time; a holdup

Characters:

• 误 - error, fault, mistake; to delay
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker

Traditional characters:

• 誤 - error, fault, mistake; to delay
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker