勞動

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See also: 勞働, 労働, and 劳动

Chinese

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toil
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
trad. (勞動)
simp. (劳动)
alternative forms 勞働 rare

Etymology

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Attestable in pre-Qin texts in the sense, "to do (physical) exercise" and "physical work; toil", and in literary Chinese as an expression of politeness.

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (7)
Final () (89) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter law duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/ /dəwŋX/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/ /duŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑu/ /dʱuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo dòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4 dung6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
láo dòng
Middle
Chinese
‹ law › ‹ duwngX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˁaw/ /*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/
English toil move

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 7647 17449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːw/ /*doːŋʔ/

Noun

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勞動

  1. physical work; toil
    熱愛勞動热爱劳动  ―  rè'ài láodòng  ―  to love physical work
    勞動人民文化宮劳动人民文化宫  ―  Láodòng Rénmín Wénhuàgōng  ―  Working People's Cultural Palace
  2. labor
    勞動仲裁劳动仲裁  ―  láodòng zhòngcái  ―  labor arbitration
    勞動關係劳动关系  ―  láodòng guānxì  ―  labor relations

Verb

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勞動

  1. to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil
  2. to perform labor
  3. (archaic) to do physical exercise
Synonyms
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (勞動):
  • Japanese: 労働(ろうどう) (rōdō)
  • Korean: 로동/노동(勞動) (rodong/nodong)
  • Vietnamese: lao động (勞動)

Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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勞動

  1. (polite, colloquial, dated) to bother or trouble someone; to politely request someone to do something

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ろう
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

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(ろう)(どう) (rōdō

  1. Kyūjitai form of 労働: labour; labor

Verb

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(ろう)(どう)する (rōdō surusuru (stem (ろう)(どう) (rōdō shi), past (ろう)(どう)した (rōdō shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 労働: perform work, labor

Conjugation

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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勞動 (rodong) (hangeul 로동)

  1. hanja form? of 로동 (labour ("North Korea"))

Noun

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勞動 (nodong) (hangeul 노동)

  1. hanja form? of 노동 (labour ("South Korea"))

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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勞動

  1. chữ Hán form of lao động (labour).