<p>It is 待岗, where 待 means wait and 岗 means job opportunity.</p>

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zyy
<p>'待岗' /dài gǎng/ is short for '等待岗位' (waiting for post/ job)</p>

<p>等待: /děng <strong>dài</strong>/ to wait</p>

<p>岗位: /<strong>gǎng</strong> wèi/ post; job</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.collectionreperes.com/catalogue/index-La_soci__t___chinoise_depuis_1949-9782348040849.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>La société chinoise depuis 1949</em></a> by Tania Angeloff (2018; in French) is a book about Chinese society since 1949. The author sometimes uses pinyin without tones to give the Chinese counterparts of some of the terms used in the book.</p>

<p>On page 73 she uses the term <em>daigang</em>, which she paraphrases in French as "[personnels] en attente de poste". The French phrase roughly means "waiting for a job or post". Unfortunately, the tones or the Hanzi are not mentioned, and looking up <a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=daigang" rel="nofollow noreferrer">daigang in MDBG</a> or <a href="http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/wordlook.pl?word=daigang&amp;searchtype=pinyin&amp;where=whole&amp;audio=on" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MandarinTools.com</a> did not help.</p>

<p>Does anybody know the Hanzi for this phrase?</p>

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highly recommended: bkrs: 1st (among 3) result for  pinyin "daigang" submission:待岗
 dàigǎng  см.(see) 待工 (see待岗):wait for an appointment; wait for a job
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Hanzi for "daigang"?
# Hanzi for "daigang"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-18)

[*La société chinoise depuis 1949*](https://www.collectionreperes.com/catalogue/index-La_soci__t___chinoise_depuis_1949-9782348040849.html) by Tania Angeloff (2018; in French) is a book about Chinese society since 1949. The author sometimes uses pinyin without tones to give the Chinese counterparts of some of the terms used in the book.

On page 73 she uses the term *daigang*, which she paraphrases in French as "[personnels] en attente de poste". The French phrase roughly means "waiting for a job or post". Unfortunately, the tones or the Hanzi are not mentioned, and looking up [daigang in MDBG](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=daigang) or [MandarinTools.com](http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/wordlook.pl?word=daigang&searchtype=pinyin&where=whole&audio=on) did not help.

Does anybody know the Hanzi for this phrase?

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> **username_1**: highly recommended: bkrs: 1st (among 3) result for  pinyin "daigang" submission:待岗  dàigǎng  см.(see) 待工 (see待岗):wait for an appointment; wait for a job  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-18. Score: 4

It is 待岗, where 待 means wait and 岗 means job opportunity.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-02-18. Score: 2

'待岗' /dài gǎng/ is short for '等待岗位' (waiting for post/ job)

等待: /děng **dài**/ to wait

岗位: /**gǎng** wèi/ post; job


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