人工

人工

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): jîn-kang / lîn-kang / jîn-kong / lîn-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən˧˥ kʊŋ˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn˨˩ kʊŋ˥/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin˩˧꜕꜕ kaŋ˦˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin˨˧꜔꜔ kaŋ˦˦/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin˨˦꜕꜕ kaŋ˦˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin˨˦꜕꜕ kaŋ˧˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin˨˦꜖꜖ kaŋ˦˦/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin˩˧꜕꜕ kɔŋ˦˦/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-kong
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linkofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin˨˦꜕꜕ kɔŋ˧˧/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin˨˦꜕꜕ kɔŋ˦˦/

Adjective

人工

1. (attributive) man-made; artificial

Synonyms

• 人造 (rénzào)

Derived terms

人工受精 (réngōng shòujīng) 人工呼吸 (réngōng hūxī) 人工增雨 人工授精 (réngōng shòujīng) 人工智能 (réngōng zhìnéng) 人工林 (réngōnglín)

人工流產／人工流产 (réngōng liúchǎn) 人工耳蝸／人工耳蜗 (réngōng ěrwō) 人工製品／人工制品 (réngōng zhìpǐn) 人工語言／人工语言 (réngōng yǔyán) 人工降雨 (réngōng jiàngyǔ) 人工電子耳／人工电子耳 (réngōng diànzǐ'ěr)

Pronunciation 2

		man; person; people	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
simp. and trad. (人工)		人	工
variant forms		儂工／侬工 Min Nan
anagram		工人

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): lâng-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: réngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rengong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réngong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən˧˥ kʊŋ˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: yàhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn˨˩ kʊŋ˥/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-kang
    • Tâi-lô: lâng-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: langkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ˨˦꜕꜕ kaŋ˦˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ˨˦꜕꜕ kaŋ˧˧/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ˩˧꜕꜕ kaŋ˦˦/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ˨˦꜖꜖ kaŋ˦˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ˨˧꜔꜔ kaŋ˦˦/

Noun

人工

1. manual work; labour
2. man-day
3. manpower
4. (Cantonese, Min Nan) pay; salary

   加人工 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ jan⁴ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to get a pay raise

5. (Min Nan) worker; labourer; coolie

Synonyms

• (manual work; labour): 勞動／劳动 (láodòng), 人力 (rénlì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	工
じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じんこー [jìńkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋko̞ː]

Noun

人工 (hiragana じんこう, rōmaji jinkō)

1. man-made; artificial

Compounds

• 人工衛星 (じんこうえいせい) (jinkō eisei): artificial satellite
• 人工知能 (じんこうちのう) (jinkō chinō): artificial intelligence
• 人工言語 (じんこうげんご) (jinkō gengo): artificial language
• 人工的 (じんこうてき) (jinkōteki): artificial
• 人工林 (じんこうりん) (jinkōrin): planted forest

See also

• 人造 (じんぞう) (jinzō)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN