幹活
See also: 干活
Chinese
editmain part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang) |
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | ||
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trad. (幹活) | 幹 | 活 | |
simp. (干活) | 干 | 活 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuó
- Wade–Giles: kan4-huo2
- Yale: gàn-hwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwo
- Palladius: ганьхо (ganʹxo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (幹活兒 / 干活儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuór
- Wade–Giles: kan4-huo2-ʼrh
- Yale: gàn-hwór
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwol
- Palladius: ганьхор (ganʹxor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gon3 wut6
- Yale: gon wuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: gon3 wut9
- Guangdong Romanization: gon3 wud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːn³³ wuːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit幹活
- to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil
- (by extension) to work; to be employed (in general)
Usage notes
editThere are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公/办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活/干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.
Synonyms
edit- (to do physical work): 操作 (cāozuò), 勞動/劳动 (láodòng); (Hokkien) 做藝/做艺
- (to work; to be employed): (polite, chiefly in questions) 發財/发财 (fācái)
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 工作, 幹活 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 幹活兒 |
Taiwan | 工作 | |
Singapore | 做工 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 做嘢, 做工 |
Hong Kong | 做嘢 | |
Taishan | 做工 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 做工 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 做事 |
Hakka | Meixian | 做事 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做事 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做事 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做事 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做事 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做事 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做事 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 做事計 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 做穡, 做工課 |
Jinjiang | 作穡 | |
Taipei | 作穡 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 作穡 | |
Kaohsiung | 作穡的 | |
Yilan | 作穡 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 作穡 | |
Taichung | 做工課, 作穡 | |
Tainan | 作穡 | |
Hsinchu | 做工仔, 做穡 | |
Kinmen | 做工 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 做穡 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 做工 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 做工 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 作穡, 做工, 做頭路 | |
Shantou | 做工, 做事, 做工課 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 做工 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 做工 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做工 |