"搵工" meaning in All languages combined

See 搵工 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /wɐn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 搵⫽工 [canonical], 揾工 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 搵⫽工 (verb-object)
  1. (Cantonese) to look for work; to seek employment Tags: Cantonese, verb-object
    Sense id: en-搵工-zh-verb-MczEis-O Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Employment Synonyms: 求職 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 謀職 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 覓職 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 找工作 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 找工作 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 搵嘢做 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 搵頭路 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 搵嘢做 [Cantonese], 尋工 [Hakka, Meixian], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Miaoli], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 尋頭路 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 揣頭路 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 覓頭路 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 揣頭路 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 揣頭路 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 揣頭路 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 覓頭路 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 允穡頭 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 允頭路 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 尋生意 [Wu, Shanghai]
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    {
      "form": "搵⫽工",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "揾工",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "搵⫽工 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Employment",
          "orig": "zh:Employment",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for work; to seek employment"
      ],
      "id": "en-搵工-zh-verb-MczEis-O",
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
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        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to look for work; to seek employment"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "求職"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "謀職"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "覓職"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "找工作"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "找工作"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "搵嘢做"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "搵頭路"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "搵嘢做"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Meixian"
          ],
          "word": "尋工"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "N. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Miaoli"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "S. Sixian"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Pingtung",
            "Neipu"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Zhudong",
            "Hailu"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung",
            "Dongshi",
            "Dabu"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hsinchu County"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin",
            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "尋頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "揣頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "覓頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "揣頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "揣頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "揣頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "覓頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "允穡頭"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "允頭路"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "尋生意"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán gūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵工"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "搵⫽工",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "揾工",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 工",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 搵",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for work; to seek employment"
      ],
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        [
          "look for",
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        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to look for work; to seek employment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán gūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² gung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "求職"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "謀職"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "覓職"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "找工作"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "找工作"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "搵嘢做"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "搵頭路"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "搵嘢做"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "尋工"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "尋頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "揣頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "覓頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "揣頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "揣頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "揣頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "覓頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "允穡頭"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "允頭路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "尋生意"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵工"
}

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