幹活

See also: 干活

Chinese

		main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (幹活)		幹	活
simp. (干活)		干	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gànhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon³ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gànhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuó
    • Wade–Giles: kan⁴-huo²
    • Yale: gàn-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwo
    • Palladius: ганьхо (ganʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (幹活兒／干活儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gànhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuór
    • Wade–Giles: kan⁴-huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gàn-hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwol
    • Palladius: ганьхор (ganʹxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon³ wut⁶
    • Yale: gon wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon³ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³³ wuːt̚²/

Verb

幹活

1. to work; to be employed
2. to do manual labour

Usage notes

There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.