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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
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man; person; people
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work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour |
simp. and trad.
(人工)
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人
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工
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| anagram
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工人
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Adjective
人工
- (attributive) man-made; artificial
- (attributive) human; manual
- 人工服務／人工服务 ― réngōng fúwù ― human service
Synonyms
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
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man; person; people
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work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour |
simp. and trad.
(人工)
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人
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工
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儂工／侬工 Min Nan
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| anagram
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工人
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Noun
人工
- manual work; labour
- man-day
- manpower
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) pay; salary
- 加人工 [Cantonese] ― gaa1 jan4 gung1 ― to get a pay raise
- 減人工／减人工 [Cantonese] ― gaam2 jan4 gung1 ― to cut someone's pay
- (Southern Min, Wu) worker; labourer; coolie
- (Shanghainese) working hours
Synonyms
- (manual work; labour): 勞動／劳动 (láodòng), 人力 (rénlì)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
人工 • (jinkō)
- man-made; artificial
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Noun
人工 • (in'gong) (hangeul 인공)
- hanja form? of 인공 (“artificiality”)