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上工

上工

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
simp. and trad. (上工)		上	工

Verb

上工

to go to work; to start work

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shànggōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ gung¹
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-kang / siāng-kang / chiǔⁿ-kang / chiūⁿ-kang / chiōⁿ-kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shànggōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqgong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ gung¹
  - Yale: séuhng gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-kang
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkafng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-kang
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-kang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ²² kaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxkafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixkafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/