零工

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (零工)		零	工
simp. #(零工)		零	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línggōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línggōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línggong
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-kung¹
    • Yale: líng-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linggong
    • Palladius: лингун (lingun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: lìhng gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 零工

1. temporary job; odd job

   打零工  ―  dǎ línggōng  ―  to take up odd jobs

2. casual laborer; odd-job man

Synonyms

• (temporary job): 散工 (sàngōng)

Derived terms

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