尋工

See also: 寻工

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (尋工)		尋	工
simp. (寻工)		寻	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qim² gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúngong
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-kung¹
    • Yale: syún-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyungong
    • Palladius: сюньгун (sjunʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qim² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

尋工

1. to look for work; to seek employment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	找工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路
	Hong Kong	搵工, 搵嘢做
Hakka	Meixian	尋工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尋頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尋頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尋頭路
Southern Min	Xiamen	揣頭路, 覓頭路
	Quanzhou	揣頭路
	Zhangzhou	揣頭路
	Tainan	揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT
Wu	Shanghai	尋生意
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 尋工者／寻工者 (xúngōngzhě)