行當

行當

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (行當)		行	當
simp. (行当)		行	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ dong³
• Min Nan (POJ): hâng-tòng / hâng-tàng
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhaan taan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hángdàng → hángdang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄉㄤˋ → ㄏㄤˊ ˙ㄉㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hángdång
    • Wade–Giles: hang²-tang⁵
    • Yale: háng-dang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng.danq
    • Palladius: хандан (xandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/ → /xɑŋ³⁵ d̥ɑŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ dong³
    • Yale: hòhng dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ dong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ tɔːŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: hâng-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hangdoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: hâng-tàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hangdaxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhaan taan (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦɑ̃²² tɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

行當

1. (informal) trade; profession; line of business
2. type of role (in traditional Chinese operas)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 職業 (“job; occupation; profession”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		職, 業
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		職業, 工作
Mandarin	Taiwan	工作
	Singapore	工, 工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	工
	Hong Kong	工
	Singapore (Guangfu)	工
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭路
Min Nan	Xiamen	頭路, 工課, 穡路
	Quanzhou	頭路, 工課, 穡路
	Jinjiang	頭路
	Zhangzhou	頭路, 工課, 穡路
	Taipei	頭路
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	頭路, 職業
	Kaohsiung	工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業
	Yilan	工課, 頭路, 職業
	Changhua (Lukang)	工課, 頭路, 職業
	Taichung	頭路, 工課, 穡頭
	Tainan	工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業
	Hsinchu	頭路, 工課
	Kinmen	頭路, 工課
	Penghu (Magong)	工課
	Penang (Hokkien)	工課, 工
	Singapore (Hokkien)	工, 頭路, 工課
	Manila (Hokkien)	頭路
	Jieyang	工課
	Singapore (Teochew)	工, 工課
	Singapore (Hainanese)	工
Wu	Shanghai	工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively
	Shanghai (Chongming)	生活, 營生
	Suzhou	行當
	Danyang	生活
	Ningbo	生活, 行當
	Wenzhou	行當
	Jinhua	行當, 事幹, 生活
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)