# 工課
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khang-khè / khang-khòe / khang-khèr / khang-khìr / kang-khè / kang-khòe / kang-khèr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kang$^1$ kuê$^3$ / gang$^1$ kuê$^3$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khè
*** Tâi-lô: khang-khè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qangqex
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰe²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khòe
*** Tâi-lô: khang-khuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qangqoex
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰue²¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰue²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khèr
*** Tâi-lô: khang-khèr
*** IPA (Kinmen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰə¹²/
*** IPA (Lukang): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰə³¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰə⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰə²¹/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khìr
*** Tâi-lô: khang-khìr
*** IPA (Kinmen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɯ¹²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khè
*** Tâi-lô: kang-khè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kangqex
*** IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khòe
*** Tâi-lô: kang-khuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kangqoex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ kʰue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰue²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khèr
*** Tâi-lô: kang-khèr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ kʰə⁴¹/
* khang-khèr, kang-khèr - rare in Quanzhou;
* kang-khòe - rare in Zhangzhou.

### Noun

工課
* (Southern Min) work
    做工課／做工课 [Hokkien] ― chò khang-khòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to do work

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 職, 業 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 職業, 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 工, 工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頭路, 工課, 穡頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 工課, 工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 工, 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 工, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生活, 營生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生活 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 生活, 行當 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 行當, 事幹, 生活 |

#### Derived terms

* 幼工課／幼工课
* 粗工課／粗工课
* 粗重工課／粗重工课
* 貿工課／贸工课

### References

* “Entry #528”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.