人工

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-kûng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-kang / lîn-kang / jîn-kong / lîn-kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-kung¹
    • Yale: rén-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Palladius: жэньгун (žɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nang⁵ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

Adjective

人工

1. (attributive) man-made; artificial
2. (attributive) human; manual

   人工服務／人工服务  ―  réngōng fúwù  ―  human service

Synonyms

• (man-made): 人造 (rénzào)

Derived terms

• 人工受孕 (réngōng shòuyùn)
• 人工受精 (réngōng shòujīng)
• 人工呼吸 (réngōng hūxī)
• 人工增雨 (réngōng zēngyǔ)
• 人工授精 (réngōng shòujīng)
• 人工智能 (réngōng zhìnéng)
• 人工智障 (réngōng zhìzhàng)
• 人工林 (réngōnglín)
• 人工流產／人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn)
• 人工湖 (réngōnghú)
• 人工耳蝸／人工耳蜗 (réngōng ěrwō)
• 人工製品／人工制品 (réngōng zhìpǐn)
• 人工語言／人工语言 (réngōng yǔyán)
• 人工降雨 (réngōng jiàngyǔ)
• 人工電子耳／人工电子耳 (réngōng diànzǐ'ěr)

 

Pronunciation 2

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
alternative forms		儂工／侬工 Min Nan
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-kung¹
    • Yale: rén-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Palladius: жэньгун (žɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

人工

1. manual work; labour
2. man-day
3. manpower
4. (Cantonese, Min Nan) pay; salary

   加人工 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ jan⁴ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to get a pay raise

   減人工／减人工 [Cantonese]  ―  gaam² jan⁴ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to cut someone's pay

5. (Min Nan, Wu) worker; labourer; coolie
6. (Shanghainese Wu) working hours

Synonyms

• (manual work; labour): 勞動／劳动 (láodòng), 人力 (rénlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	工
じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じんこー [jìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

人(じん)工(こう) • (jinkō) 

1. man-made; artificial

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 人(じん)工(こう)衛(えい)星(せい) (jinkō eisei): artificial satellite
• 人(じん)工(こう)知(ち)能(のう) (jinkō chinō): artificial intelligence
• 人(じん)工(こう)言(げん)語(ご) (jinkō gengo): artificial language
• 人(じん)工(こう)的(てき) (jinkōteki): artificial
• 人(じん)工(こう)林(りん) (jinkōrin): planted forest

See also

• 人(じん)造(ぞう) (jinzō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	工

Noun

人工 • (in'gong) (hangeul 인공)

1. Hanja form^? of 인공 (“artificiality”).