工具

工具

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (工具)		工	具

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gung¹ geoi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹ gui⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-khí
• Min Dong (BUC): gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kang-kū / kang-kī / kang-khū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ gu⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): kon jy (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyù
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: gūng-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjiuh
    • Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: gūng geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung¹ gui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³ kui³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ki³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ kʰi³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøy²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kū
    • Tâi-lô: kang-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangku
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kī
    • Tâi-lô: kang-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khū
    • Tâi-lô: kang-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangqu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kon jy (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/

Noun

工具

1. (literally) tool; instrument; implement (Classifier: 件 m)

   書寫工具／书写工具  ―  shūxiě gōngjù  ―  writing implement

   營銷工具／营销工具  ―  yíngxiāo gōngjù  ―  marketing tool

   金融工具  ―  jīnróng gōngjù  ―  financial instrument

2. (figuratively) means; way; tool (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   交流工具  ―  jiāoliú gōngjù  ―  means of communication

   書是傳遞文明的工具。 [MSC, trad.]
   书是传递文明的工具。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shū shì chuándì wénmíng de gōngjù. [Pinyin]

   Books are the way in which civilization is transmitted.

Synonyms

• (tool):

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器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds) 器具 (qìjù) 器物 (qìwù) 器用 (qìyòng) (literary)

器皿 (qìmǐn) 用具 (yòngjù) 用器 (yòngqì) (literary)

• (means):

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Synonyms of 工具

主意 (zhǔyì) 作法 (zuòfǎ) 做法 (zuòfǎ) 套套 (tàotao) (colloquial, Jin) 手段 (shǒuduàn) 措施 (cuòshī) 方式 (fāngshì) 方法 (fāngfǎ) 法子 (fǎzi) (colloquial) 法度 (Min Nan) 渠道 (qúdào) 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication) 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary) 路子 (lùzi) 道理 (dàolǐ) 道道 (Jin)

卯竅／卯窍 (Sichuan) 對策／对策 (duìcè) 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén) 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr) 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào) 路徑／路径 (lùjìng) 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative) 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ) 途徑／途径 (tújìng) 進路／进路 (jìnlù) 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary) 門徑／门径 (ménjìng) 門路／门路 (ménlù) 門道／门道 (méndao) 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative) 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Derived terms

交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù) 作案工具 (zuò'àn gōngjù) 工具人 (gōngjùrén) 工具格 (gōngjùgé) 工具箱 (gōngjùxiāng) 宣傳工具／宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù)

工具書／工具书 (gōngjùshū) 工具欄／工具栏 (gōngjùlán) 工具鋼／工具钢 (gōngjùgāng) 工具鏈／工具链 (gōngjùliàn) 生產工具／生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (工具):

• → Japanese: 工具(こうぐ) (kōgu)
• → Korean: 공구(工具) (gonggu)
• → Vietnamese: công cụ (工具)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
工	具
こう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) こ​ーぐ [kóꜜògù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

工(こう)具(ぐ) • (kōgu) 

1. tools (especially for craftsmanship or carpentry)

Hypernyms

• 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)

Hyponyms

• 金(かな)槌(づち) (kanazuchi), 鉋(かんな) (kanna), スパナ (supana), 鏨(たがね) (tagane), 鋸(のこぎり) (nokogiri), 鑿(のみ) (nomi), 半(はん)田(だ)鏝(ごて) (handagote), ペンチ (penchi), やすり (yasuri)

Derived terms

• 工(こう)具(ぐ)鋼(こう) (kōgukō)
• 工(こう)具(ぐ)研(けん)削(さく)盤(ばん) (kōgu kensakuban)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
工	具

Noun

工具 • (gonggu) (hangeul 공구)

1. Hanja form^? of 공구 (“tool”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
工	具

Noun

工具

1. chữ Hán form of công cụ (“tool; instrument”).