半工半讀

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause
trad. (半工半讀)		半	工	半	讀
simp. (半工半读)		半	工	半	读

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàngōngbàndú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ gung¹ bun³ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàngōngbàndú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàngongbàndú
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-kung¹-pan⁴-tu²
    • Yale: bàn-gūng-bàn-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banngongbanndwu
    • Palladius: баньгунбаньду (banʹgunbanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ gung¹ bun³ duk⁶
    • Yale: bun gūng bun duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ gung¹ bun³ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ gung¹ bun³ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ tʊk̚²/

Idiom

半工半讀

1. to work part-time while studying

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 半工讀／半工读