工錢

See also: 工钱

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	coin; money
trad. (工錢)		工	錢
simp. (工钱)		工	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gōngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гунчян (gunči͡an, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ cin^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-chhièn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹ qiên²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang-chîⁿ
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹ zienn²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngqián → gōngqian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ → ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongciån
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻien⁵
    • Yale: gūng-chyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.chyan
    • Palladius: гунцянь (guncjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ → /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гунчян (gunči͡an, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ cin^4-2
    • Yale: gūng chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹ qiên²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kang-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹ zienn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

Noun

工錢

1. wages; money charged for a service (especially labour work)

   剋扣工錢／克扣工钱  ―  kēikòu gōngqián  ―  to underpay (a worker)

Synonyms

• 工薪 (gōngxīn)
• 工資／工资 (gōngzī)
• 工鈿／工钿 (¹kon-di) (Wu)
• 薪俸 (xīnfèng)
• 薪水 (xīnshuǐ)
• 薪禾 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 薪資／薪资 (xīnzī)
• 薪酬 (xīnchóu)
• 薪金 (xīnjīn)