勞改

See also: 劳改

Chinese

		toil	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (勞改)		勞	改
simp. (劳改)		劳	改

Etymology

Short for 勞動改造／劳动改造 (láodòng gǎizào, “reform through labor”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láogǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ goi²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lor² gai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-kái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láogǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láogǎi
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-kai³
    • Yale: láu-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laugae
    • Palladius: лаогай (laogaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ goi²
    • Yale: lòuh gói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ goi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ goi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ kɔːi̯³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lor² gai³ [Phonetic: lor⁵ gai³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒ¹³⁻²¹ kai⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lor² gai³ [Phonetic: lor⁵ gai³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒ¹³⁻²¹ kai³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-kái
    • Tâi-lô: lô-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹/

Noun

勞改

1. laogai; reform through labor; a slogan used by the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China to refer to its prison labor system

Synonyms

• 勞動改造／劳动改造 (láodòng gǎizào)