躬耕

Chinese

		body; oneself; personally body; oneself; personally; to bow	to plough; to till
trad. (躬耕)		躬	耕
simp. #(躬耕)		躬	耕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōnggēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gaang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōnggēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gonggeng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kêng¹
    • Yale: gūng-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonggeng
    • Palladius: гунгэн (gungɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gaang¹
    • Yale: gūng gāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gaang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

躬耕

1. (literary) to cultivate land oneself

   • 臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣本布衣，躬耕于南阳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 出師表

     Chén běn bùyī, gōnggēng yú Nányáng. [Pinyin]

     I was originally a commoner who farmed in Nanyang himself.