民工

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (民工)		民	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gung¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): ming¹ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngong
    • Wade–Giles: min²-kung¹
    • Yale: mín-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingong
    • Palladius: миньгун (minʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: màhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ming¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mĩŋ¹¹ kũŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binkafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

民工

1. Short for 農民工／农民工 (nóngmíngōng, “migrant worker”).

Derived terms

• 民工荒

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: minzgoeng