閬工

Chinese

		閬中 place in Sichuan; 閬苑 palace, home of immortals; in 閌閬, open space in a structure	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (閬工)		閬	工
simp. (阆工)		阆	工
alternative forms		弄工

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làng-kang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làng-kang
    • Tâi-lô: làng-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larngkafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

閬工

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to find time (to do something); to take time

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	抽空兒, 抓空兒
	Taiwan	抽空
Cantonese	Hong Kong	抽時間
Gan	Nanchang	抽空
	Lichuan	抽空
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	抽間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	抽間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	抽間
Jin	Taiyuan	掏空
Southern Min	Xiamen	撥工, 閬工
	Quanzhou	撥工, 閬工
	Zhangzhou	撥工
	Tainan	撥工, 閬工
Wu	Shanghai	落空
	Danyang	抽空, 候空
Xiang	Changsha	抽空子, 抽空

Dialectal synonyms of 抽空 (“to find time; to take time”) [map]