食工

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (食工)		食	工
simp. #(食工)		食	工

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-kang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqkafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

食工

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to need great effort; to be difficult

Synonyms

• 了力 (Min Nan)
• 吃力 (chīlì)
• 吃勁／吃劲 (chījìn)
• 夠力／够力 (Hokkien)
• 硬斗 (Hokkien)
• 硬繚／硬缭 (Hokkien)
• 著力／着力 (zhuólì)
• 費力／费力 (fèilì)
• 費勁／费劲 (fèijìn) (colloquial)
• 食力 (Hokkien)