瓦工

Chinese

		tile	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (瓦工)		瓦	工
simp. #(瓦工)		瓦	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎgong
    • Wade–Giles: wa³-kung¹
    • Yale: wǎ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woagong
    • Palladius: вагун (vagun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ gung¹
    • Yale: ngáh gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

瓦工

1. bricklaying; tiling; plastering
2. bricklayer; tiler; plasterer

Synonyms

• (bricklaying): 泥瓦工 (níwǎgōng); (Hokkien) 塗水／涂水
• (bricklayer):

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• 泥工 (nígōng)
• 泥水匠 (níshuǐjiàng)
• 泥水工 (níshuǐgōng)
• 泥水師／泥水师 (níshuǐshī)
• 泥瓦匠 (níwǎjiàng)
• 泥瓦工 (níwǎgōng)
• 瓦匠 (wǎjiàng)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 瓦匠 (“bricklayer; tiler”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥瓦匠, 泥瓦工, 泥水匠, 泥水工, 泥水師, 泥工
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瓦匠
	Taiwan	泥水匠, 泥水工
	Langfang	瓦匠
	Chifeng	瓦匠, 瓦工
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	瓦匠, 瓦工
	Harbin	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工, 瓦工兒
	Shenyang	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦作
	Tangshan	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工
	Cangzhou	瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥水匠
	Baoding	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠
	Shijiazhuang	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠
	Jinan	泥瓦匠
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瓦匠
	Qingdao	瓦匠
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	泥水匠, 泥瓦匠
	Daming	泥瓦匠
	Wanrong	泥水匠
	Zhengzhou	泥水匠
	Xi'an	泥水匠, 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 泥瓦工
	Xining	泥水匠, 泥瓦匠
	Xuzhou	泥瓦匠, 泥水匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	泥瓦匠
	Bayanhot	泥水匠
	Lanzhou	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥水匠
	Ürümqi	泥水匠, 泥瓦匠
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	泥水匠
	Chongqing	泥水匠
	Wuhan	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工
	Guiyang	泥水匠, 泥水工, 泥瓦匠 only lays tiles
	Kunming	泥瓦匠
	Guilin	泥水匠
	Liuzhou	泥水匠, 泥水佬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瓦匠, 泥瓦匠, 泥水匠
	Yangzhou	瓦匠
	Nantong	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠
	Hefei	瓦匠
	Huanggang	砌匠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	泥水佬
	Hong Kong	泥水佬, 泥水師傅
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	泥水佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	泥水佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	泥水佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	泥水佬
	Macau	泥水佬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	泥水佬
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	泥水佬
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	泥水佬
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	泥水佬
	Foshan	泥水佬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	起屋公
	Foshan (Shunde)	泥水佬
	Foshan (Sanshui)	泥水佬
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	泥水佬
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	泥水佬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	泥水佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	泥水佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	泥水佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	泥水佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	泥水佬
	Taishan	泥水佬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	泥水佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	泥水佬
	Heshan (Yayao)	泥水佬
	Dongguan	泥水佬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	泥水佬
	Qingyuan	泥水佬
	Fogang	泥水佬
	Yingde (Hanguang)	泥水佬
	Yangshan	泥水佬
	Lianshan (Butian)	打瓦匠
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	泥水佬
	Shaoguan	泥水佬
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	泥水佬
	Renhua	泥水佬
	Lechang	泥水佬
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	泥水佬
	Sihui	泥水佬
	Guangning	泥水佬
	Deqing	泥水佬
	Huaiji	起屋佬
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	泥水佬
	Yunfu	泥水佬
	Xinxing	泥水佬
	Luoding	泥水佬
	Yunan (Pingtai)	泥水佬
	Yangjiang	泥水佬
	Xinyi	泥水佬
	Maoming (Xinpo)	泥水佬
	Lianjiang	泥水佬
	Nanning	泥水佬
	Wuzhou	泥水佬
	Yulin	泥水佬
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	泥水佬, 水工佬, 水泥佬
	Hepu (Shatian)	水工佬
	Guiping	泥水佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	泥水佬
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	泥水佬
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	泥水佬
	Baise	泥水佬
	Bobai	泥水佬
	Lingshan	打瓦佬
Pubei	做瓦佬
Qinzhou	泥水佬
Beihai	泥水佬
Beihai (Nankang)	砌屋佬, 泥水佬
Beihai (Yingpan)	做瓦佬, 泥水佬, 起屋佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	水泥工
Ningming	泥水佬
Hengzhou	打瓦佬
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	瓦師傅
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	水泥工
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	泥水佬
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	泥水佬
Móng Cái	水泥佬
Gan	Nanchang	泥水
	Lichuan	做泥水個
	Pingxiang	泥水匠
Hakka	Meixian	泥水匠, 泥水師傅
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	泥水佬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	泥水佬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	泥水佬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	泥水佬
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	泥水匠
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	做瓦師傅
	Luhe	泥匠
	Yudu	泥工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泥水師傅
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	泥水師傅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	泥水師傅
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	泥水師傅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	泥水師傅
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泥水師傅
	Hong Kong	泥水匠
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	做屋佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	泥水佬
Huizhou	Jixi	磚匠
	Shexian	磚匠
Jin	Taiyuan	泥匠, 泥水匠
	Pingyao	泥匠
	Xinzhou	泥匠
	Linhe	瓦匠
	Jining	瓦匠
	Hohhot	瓦匠, 泥水匠
	Zhangjiakou	瓦匠, 瓦工
	Handan	泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工
Northern Min	Jian'ou	泥水, 泥水師傅
	Songxi	泥水師傅
	Zhenghe	做厝師傅
	Jianyang	泥水
	Wuyishan	泥水師傅
	Pucheng (Shibei)	做厝師傅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	做塗其, 塗師傅
	Fuqing	塗師傅
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗水師, 做塗的, 做塗師, 泥水工, 塗水工
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	做塗的
	Quanzhou	做塗的, 作塗的
	Zhangzhou	塗水師, 塗水, 做塗的, 作塗的
	Zhao'an	塗水師
	Taipei	做塗水的
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	塗水
	Kaohsiung	塗水師, 做塗水的
	Yilan	塗水師, 塗水
	Changhua (Lukang)	做塗水, 塗水師傅
	Taichung	塗水師
	Taichung (Wuqi)	塗水師
	Tainan	塗水師
	Taitung	塗水師
	Hsinchu	塗水師, 塗水
	Kinmen	塗師
	Penghu (Magong)	塗水師, 塗水師傅
	Singapore (Hokkien)	塗水工, 塗水師, 塗水, 灰工 dated
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	塗水
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	瓦匠
	Chaozhou	灰工
	Shantou	灰工, 泥水匠, 泥水工
	Shantou (Chenghai)	灰工
	Haifeng	塗水工
	Bangkok (Teochew)	灰工, 泥瓦匠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	做塗水個
	Leizhou	水工, 嚴水
	Haikou	塗水匠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	塗水佬
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	塗水佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	泥水佬
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	瓦匠
Wu	Shanghai	泥水匠, 水作
	Shanghai (Chongming)	泥水匠
	Suzhou	泥水匠
	Danyang	瓦匠
	Hangzhou	泥水師傅
	Ningbo	泥水
	Wenzhou	泥水老師, 泥水卒 derogatory
	Jinhua	泥水老師, 做泥水個
Xiang	Changsha	泥工, 泥工師傅, 泥匠
	Loudi	砌匠
	Quanzhou	砌牆師傅