人工

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jîn-kang / lîn-kang / jîn-kong / lîn-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-kung¹
    • Yale: rén-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Palladius: жэньгун (žɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 人工

1. (attributive) man-made; artificial

Synonyms

• 人造 (rénzào)

Pronunciation 2

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
alternative forms		儂工／侬工 Min Nan
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-kung¹
    • Yale: rén-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Palladius: жэньгун (žɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人工

1. manual work; labour
2. man-day
3. manpower
4. (Cantonese, Southern Min) pay; salary

   加人工 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ jan⁴ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to get a pay raise

5. (Southern Min) worker; labourer; coolie

Synonyms

• (manual work; labour): 勞動／劳动 (láodòng), 人力 (rénlì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	工
じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

人(じん)工(こう) • (jinkō) 

1. man-made; artificial

Derived terms

• 人工衛星(じんこうえいせい) (jinkō eisei): artificial satellite
• 人工知能(じんこうちのう) (jinkō chinō): artificial intelligence
• 人工言語(じんこうげんご) (jinkō gengo): artificial language
• 人工的(じんこうてき) (jinkōteki): artificial
• 人工林(じんこうりん) (jinkōrin): planted forest

See also

• 人造(じんぞう) (jinzō)