勞作

Chinese

		toil	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (勞作)		勞	作
simp. (劳作)		劳	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láozuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-chok / lô-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láozuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láozuò
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-tso⁴
    • Yale: láu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lautzuoh
    • Palladius: лаоцзо (laoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ zok³
    • Yale: lòuh jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-chok
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lozog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-chok
    • Tâi-lô: lô-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loizog
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/

Verb

勞作

1. to do manual labor

   很多工人都是終日勞作卻不得溫飽。 [MSC, trad.]
   很多工人都是终日劳作却不得温饱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hěn duō gōngrén dōu shì zhōngrì láozuò què bùdé wēnbǎo. [Pinyin]

   Many workers work all day without being able to meet their basic needs for living.

Noun

勞作

1. manual work (formerly a school subject)