搵工
See also: 揾工
Chinese
| press with finger; wipe | work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (搵工) | 搵 | 工 | |
| simp. (揾工) | 揾 | 工 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wan2 gung1
- Yale: wán gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wan2 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: wen2 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
搵⫽工 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |