做工

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (做工)		做	工

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuògōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): cho-kûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): zo⁴ gung¹
Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-gĕ̤ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chòe-kang / chò-kang

(Teochew, Peng'im): zo³ gang¹
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou⁴ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuògōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuògong
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: dzwò-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohgong
  - Palladius: цзогун (czogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    作供
    做工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: jouh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zo⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤-gĕ̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)øyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kafng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Medan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirkafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡so²¹⁻⁴² kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zo³ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zou⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ kʊŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ kən³³/

Verb

做⫽工 (verb-object)

to work with one's hands; to do manual work
(regional) to work; to do work (of any kind)

Synonyms

(to work with one's hands): (Hokkien) 作工

Dialectal synonyms of 工作 (“to work; to do work”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuògōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ gung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'zu⁴ gung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuògōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuògong
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: dzwò-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohgong
  - Palladius: цзогун (czogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    作供
    做工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: jouh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'zu⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡su³⁵ kuŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

做工

workmanship