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工

Mandarin · pinyin gōng

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工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer

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gung1

Cantonese word readings for 工. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

labour; work (Classifier: 份 c)
(regional or dialectal, including Southeast Asia) work; job; profession (Classifier: 份 c)
(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Southern Min) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
worker; labourer
man-day
construction
industry
engineer
skill; technique
to be good at; to be skilled in
delicate; exquisite; fine

character · Etymology 2

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).

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