黑工

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (黑工)		黑	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēigōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gung¹, haak¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēigōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heigong
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-kung¹
    • Yale: hēi-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heigong
    • Palladius: хэйгун (xɛjgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ gung¹, haak¹ gung¹
    • Yale: hāk gūng, hāak gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gung¹, haak⁷ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gung¹, hag¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

黑工

1. illegal worker; undocumented worker

   打黑工 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² hak¹ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to work as an illegal worker