# 下工
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàgōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ha$^1$ gung$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàgōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàgong
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: syà-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahgong
*** Palladius: сягун (sjagun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ha$^1$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ha⁴⁴ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

#### Verb

下工
* (dialectal Mandarin, Meixian Hakka) to get off work; to clock out

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下班, 放工, 收工, 散工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下班 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 收工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 放工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 放工, 下班, 收工 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下班兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 下班兒, 放工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 下班兒, 下工, 收工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下班, 下晌 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下班, 放工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下班, 下工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 收工, 收 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下工, 收工 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 收工 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下班, 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 收工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 收活路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 收工 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 收工 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下班, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 放工, 收工, 落班 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 放工, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 放工, 落班 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 收工, 下班 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 放工, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 收工, 放工 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 收工, 放工 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 落班 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 放工, 落班, 收工 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 放工 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 收工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 收工 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 下班, 收工 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 下班, 收工 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 放工, 下工, 收工, 落班, 下班 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 放工 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 收工 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 落班 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 收工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 下班 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 收工 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 放工 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 下班 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下班, 收工 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 下班兒, 收工 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落班, 放工, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落班, 放工, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落班, 放工, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 放工 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 下班, 散工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 放工, 收工 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 散工, 放工 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 落班 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 落班, 落工, 收工 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 收工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 落班, 收工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 落班, 下班, 收工 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 收工 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 收工 |
| Wu | Danyang | 下班, 放工, 收工, 歇工 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 落班, 歇工 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 落班, 收工 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 落班 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 落班, 收工 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 收工 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 下班, 散工 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or$^5$ gang$^1$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: or$^5$ gang$^1$ [Phonetic: or$^5$ ang$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤-gang
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒ²¹ $^{(k-)}$aŋ⁵³³/

#### Noun

下工
* (Puxian Min) some day (in the future); days to come

#### Synonyms

* 今後 / 今后 (jīnhòu)
* 以後 / 以后 (yǐhòu)
* 嗣後 / 嗣后 (sìhòu) (literary)
* 往後 / 往后 (wǎnghòu)
* 從今以後 / 从今以后 (cóngjīn yǐhòu)
* 從今往後 / 从今往后 (cóngjīn wǎnghòu)
* 從此 / 从此 (cóngcǐ)
* 從此以後 / 从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu)
* 從這起 / 从这起 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 從際起 / 从际起 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 日後 / 日后 (rìhòu)
* 此後 / 此后 (cǐhòu)
* 爾後 / 尔后 (ěrhòu) (literary)
* 自今 (zìjīn) (literary)
* 自後 / 自后 (zìhòu) (Classical Chinese)
* 自此 (zìcǐ)
* 自茲 / 自兹 (zìzī) (literary)
* 趕後兒 / 赶后儿 (gǎnhòur) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 過後兒 / 过后儿 (guòhòur) (Beijing Mandarin)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “下工”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 420.