包身工
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Chinese
to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for) |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit |
work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (包身工) | 包 | 身 | 工 | |
| simp. #(包身工) | 包 | 身 | 工 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄕㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: baoshengong
- Wade–Giles: pao1-shên1-kung1
- Yale: bāu-shēn-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baushengong
- Palladius: баошэньгун (baošɛnʹgun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baau1 san1 gung1
- Yale: bāau sān gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: baau1 san1 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: bao1 sen1 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
包身工
- (historical) indentured labor (a form of slavery in pre-1949 China in which young people were lured to factories and mines where they were deprived of their personal freedom and exploited by both capitalists and labor contractors)
- (historical) indentured laborer (a person subjected to such slavery)
Usage notes
See Xia Yan's nonfiction novel of the same title.