搵工

See also: 揾工

Chinese

		press with finger; wipe	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (搵工)		搵	工
simp. (揾工)		揾	工

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan² gung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan² gung¹
    • Yale: wán gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

搵⫽工 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) 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)