找工

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (找工)		找	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎogōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎogōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎogong
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-kung¹
    • Yale: jǎu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaogong
    • Palladius: чжаогун (čžaogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² gung¹
    • Yale: jáau gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

找工

1. to look for work; to seek employment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	找工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路
	Hong Kong	搵工, 搵嘢做
Hakka	Meixian	尋工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尋頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尋頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尋頭路
Southern Min	Xiamen	揣頭路, 覓頭路
	Quanzhou	揣頭路
	Zhangzhou	揣頭路
	Tainan	揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT
Wu	Shanghai	尋生意
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)