main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang) |
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幹活) | 幹 | 活 | |
| simp. (干活) | 干 | 活 | |
幹活
There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 工作, 幹活 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 幹活兒 |
| Taiwan | 工作 | |
| Singapore | 做工 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 做嘢, 做工 |
| Hong Kong | 做嘢 | |
| Taishan | 做工 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 做工 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 做事 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做事 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做事 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做事 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做事 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做事 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做事 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做事 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 做事計 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 做穡, 做工課 |
| Jinjiang | 作穡 | |
| Taipei | 作穡 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 作穡 | |
| Kaohsiung | 作穡的 | |
| Yilan | 作穡 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 作穡 | |
| Taichung | 做工課, 作穡 | |
| Tainan | 作穡 | |
| Hsinchu | 做工仔, 做穡 | |
| Kinmen | 做工 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 做穡 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 做工 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 做工 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 作穡, 做工, 做頭路 | |
| Shantou | 做工, 做事, 做工課 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 做工 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 做工 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做工 |