勞動

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See also: 勞働, 労働, and 劳动

Chinese

toil
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
trad. (勞動) 勞 動
simp. (劳动) 劳 动
alternative forms 勞働 rare

Etymology

Attestable in pre-Qin texts in the sense, "to do (physical) exercise" and "physical work; toil", and in literary Chinese as an expression of politeness.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 勞 動
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 魯刀切 徒揔切
Baxter law duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/law/ /dəwŋX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑu/ /dʱuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		láo dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou4 dung6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勞 動
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		láo dòng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ law › ‹ duwngX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaw/ /*tˁoŋʔ/
English toil move

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勞 動
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 7647 17449
Phonetic
component 		勞 重
Rime
group 		宵 東
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		勞 動
Old
Chinese 		/*raːw/ /*doːŋʔ/

Noun

勞動

  1. physical work; toil
    熱愛勞動／热爱劳动  ―  rè'ài láodòng  ―  to love physical work
    勞動人民文化宮／劳动人民文化宫  ―  Láodòng Rénmín Wénhuàgōng  ―  Working People's Cultural Palace
  2. labor
    勞動仲裁／劳动仲裁  ―  láodòng zhòngcái  ―  labor arbitration
    勞動關係／劳动关系  ―  láodòng guānxì  ―  labor relations

Verb

勞動

  1. to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil
  2. to perform labor
  3. (archaic) to do physical exercise
Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (勞動):

Pronunciation 2

Verb

勞動

  1. (polite, colloquial, dated) to bother or trouble someone; to politely request someone to do something

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勞 動
ろう
Hyōgai 		どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 勞動 – see the following entry.
【労働ろうどう】
labor; labour
perform work, labor
Alternative spelling
労動
(This term, 勞動, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (労動) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
勞動

Noun

勞動 • (rodong) (hangeul 로동)

  1. hanja form? of 로동 (“labour ("North Korea")”)

Noun

勞動 • (nodong) (hangeul 노동)

  1. hanja form? of 노동 (“labour ("South Korea")”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勞動

Noun

勞動

  1. chữ Hán form of lao động (“labour”)
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