幹活

See also: 干活

Chinese

		main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (幹活)		幹	活
simp. (干活)		干	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gànhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon³ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gànhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuó
    • Wade–Giles: kan⁴-huo²
    • Yale: gàn-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwo
    • Palladius: ганьхо (ganʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (幹活兒／干活儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gànhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gànhuór
    • Wade–Giles: kan⁴-huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gàn-hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gannhwol
    • Palladius: ганьхор (ganʹxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon³ wut⁶
    • Yale: gon wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon³ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³³ wuːt̚²/

Verb

幹活

1. to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil

   我幹活身上挺臟的。 [MSC, trad.]
   我干活身上挺脏的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gànhuó shēnshang tǐng zāng de. [Pinyin]

   I'm dirty from working.

2. (by extension) to work; to be employed (in general)

   我跟你一塊去幹活。 [MSC, trad.]
   我跟你一块去干活。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gēn nǐ yīkuài qù gànhuó. [Pinyin]

   I will go to work with you.

Usage notes

There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.

Synonyms

• (to do physical work): 操作 (cāozuò), 勞動／劳动 (láodòng); (Hokkien) 做藝／做艺
• (to work; to be employed): (polite, chiefly in questions) 發財／发财 (fācái)

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

Dialectal synonyms of 工作 (“to work; to do work”) [map]