Chinese

Adjective

人工

1. (attributive) man-made; artificial

Synonyms

• 人造 (rénzào)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

人工

1. manual work; labour
2. man-day
3. manpower
4. (Cantonese, Min Nan) pay; salary

   加人工 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹jan⁴ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to get a pay raise

5. (Min Nan) worker; labourer; coolie

Synonyms

• (manual work; labour): 勞動／劳动 (láodòng), 人力 (rénlì)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) じんこう [jìńkóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

人工 ‎(hiragana じんこう, romaji jinkō)

1. art, man-made

Compounds

• 人工衛星 (じんこうえいせい, jinkōeisei): artificial satellite
• 人工知能 (じんこうちのう, jinkōchinō): artificial intelligence
• 人工言語 (じんこうげんご, jinkōgengo): artificial language
• 人工的 (じんこうてき, jinkōteki): artificial

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3