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)
simp. (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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (7)
Final () (89) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑu/ /dʱuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4 dung6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 7647 17449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
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
ろう
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

(ろう)(どう) (rōdō

  1. Kyūjitai form of 労働: labour; labor

Verb

(ろう)(どう)する (rōdō surusuru (stem (ろう)(どう) (rōdō shi), past (ろう)(どう)した (rōdō shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 労働: perform work, labor

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term

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

Noun

勞動

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