# 做工
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuògōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ gung$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): cho-kûng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zo$^4$ gung$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): có̤-gĕ̤ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-kang / chò-kang
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zo$^3$ gang$^1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zou$^4$ gong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuògōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuògong
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: dzwò-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohgong
*** Palladius: цзогун (czogun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$作供 做工
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Yale: jouh gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-kûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: zo gung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zo$^4$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zo$^4$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵³ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤-gĕ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$øyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-kang
*** Tâi-lô: tsuè-kang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kafng
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Medan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-kang
*** Tâi-lô: tsò-kang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoirkafng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡so²¹⁻⁴² kaŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zo$^3$ gang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsò kang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zou$^4$ gong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ kʊŋ³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡səu̯⁴⁵ kən³³/

#### Verb

做⫽工 (verb-object)
* to work with one's hands; to do manual work
* (regional) to work; to do work (of any kind)

##### Synonyms

* (to work with one's hands): (Hokkien) 作工
* (to work):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 工作, 幹活 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 幹活兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 做工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 做嘢, 做工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 做嘢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 做工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 做工 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 做事 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做事 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做事 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做事 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做事 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做事 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做事 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 做事計 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 做穡, 做工課 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 作穡的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 做工課, 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 作穡 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 做工仔, 做穡 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 做工 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 做穡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 做工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 做工 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 作穡, 做工, 做頭路 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做工, 做事, 做工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 做工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做工 |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zuògōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^6$ gung$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'zu$^4$ gung$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-kang
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zuògōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zuògong
*** Wade–Giles: tso$^4$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: dzwò-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohgong
*** Palladius: цзогун (czogun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$作供 做工
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Yale: jouh gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^6$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'zu$^4$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡su³⁵ kuŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-kang
*** Tâi-lô: tsuè-kang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kafng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

#### Noun

做工
* workmanship