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工人

工人

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (工人)		工	人
anagram		人工

Noun

工人

worker

Derived terms

工人階級／工人阶级 (gōngrén jiējí)
知識工人／知识工人 (zhīshi gōngrén)

農業工人／农业工人 (nóngyè gōngrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
工	人
Grade: 2	Grade: 1

Noun

工人 ‎(hiragana こうじん, romaji kōjin)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gōngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): kang-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: gōngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongren
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    公人
    公仁
    宮人／宫人
    工人
    弓人
    恭人
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: gūng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung´ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ngin²
  - IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: kang-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanglaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/