女工

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (女工)		女	工
simp. #(女工)		女	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔgong
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-kung¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neugong
    • Palladius: нюйгун (njujgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ gung¹
    • Yale: néuih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

女工

1. female worker; female employee

   工廠女工／工厂女工  ―  gōngchǎng nǚgōng  ―  female factory worker

2. needlework (implied as a traditionally female pursuit)

Synonyms

• (female worker): 打工妹 (dǎgōngmèi)
• (needlework):

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• 女事 (nǚshì) (archaic)
• 女紅 / 女红 (nǚgōng)
• 針指 / 针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
• 針線 / 针线 (zhēnxiàn)
• 針線活 / 针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó)
• 針線活兒 / 针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)
• 針黹 / 针黹 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)

 

See also

• 女德
• 女言
• 女容