耕耘

Chinese

		to plough; to till	to weed
trad. (耕耘)		耕	耘
simp. #(耕耘)		耕	耘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaang¹ wan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâng-yùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-ûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengyún
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-yün²
    • Yale: gēng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengyun
    • Palladius: гэнъюнь (gɛnʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaang¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: gāang wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaang¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gang¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːŋ⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâng-yùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gang^ˊ iun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gang¹ yun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ²⁴ i̯un¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâng-yùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gang^ˊ (r)iun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gang¹ yun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ²⁴ (j)i̯un¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-ûn
    • Tâi-lô: king-ûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keng'uun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² un²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ un²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² un¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ un²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ un²³/

Verb

耕耘

1. (literally) to plow and weed; to do farm work; to cultivate
2. (figuratively) to work or study diligently