零工

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (零工)		零	工
simp. #(零工)		零	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làng-kûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lang² gung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹ gung¹
• Northern Min (KCR): lâing-gó̤ng
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ gang¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin-kon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lin² gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línggong
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-kung¹
    • Yale: líng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linggong
    • Palladius: лингун (lingun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: lìhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˇ gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lang² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ling¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lĩŋ¹¹ kũŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lâing-gó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laiŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lêng⁵ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin-kon
    • MiniDict: lin^去 kon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin-kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² koŋ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lin² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /lin¹³ kʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /lin¹³ kən³³/

Noun

零工

1. temporary job; odd job

   打零工  ―  dǎ línggōng  ―  to take up odd jobs

   拍零工 [Teochew]  ―  pah⁴ lêng⁵ gang¹ [Peng'im]  ―  to take up odd jobs

2. casual laborer; odd-job man

Synonyms

• (temporary job): 散工 (sàngōng)

Derived terms

• 零工經濟／零工经济 (línggōng jīngjì)