勞役

See also: 劳役

Chinese

		toil	service
trad. (勞役)		勞	役
simp. (劳役)		劳	役

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láoyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ jik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-e̍k / lô͘-ia̍k / lô-ia̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láoyì
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-i⁴
    • Yale: láu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauyih
    • Palladius: лаои (laoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ jik⁶
    • Yale: lòuh yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lô-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'ek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² iɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo'iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-ia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lô-ia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'iah
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ iaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ iaʔ⁴/

Noun

勞役

1. hard labor; forced labor

Synonyms

• 苦役 (kǔyì)

Verb

勞役

1. to use for manual labor; to force into labor
   • 2015, 方文聰 (lyrics and music), “我要一生一世住在你聖殿”‎^[1]performed by Airy Chan and 楊芷瑩@Hot Worshipper:

     抬頭吧　別再被勞役 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     抬头吧　别再被劳役 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     toi⁴ tau⁴ baa⁶, bit⁶ zoi³ bei⁶ lou⁴ jik⁶ [Jyutping]

     Lift your heads, stop being forced into labor