"勞改" meaning in Chinese

See 勞改 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯²¹ kɔːi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lɒ¹³⁻¹¹ kai⁴⁵³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /lɒ²⁴⁻²¹ kai³³²/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /lo¹³⁻²² kai⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kai⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /lɤ²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 劳改 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Short for 勞動改造/劳动改造 (láodòng gǎizào, “reform through labor”). Etymology templates: {{zh-etym-short|勞動改造|t=reform through labor}} Short for 勞動改造/劳动改造 (láodòng gǎizào, “reform through labor”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 勞改
  1. laogai; reform through labor; a slogan used by the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China to refer to its prison labor system Synonyms: 勞動改造 (láodòng gǎizào), 劳动改造 (láodòng gǎizào)
    Sense id: en-勞改-zh-noun-VroqOewV Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Prison
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Prison",
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          "labor",
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        ],
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          "People's Republic of China",
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          "roman": "láodòng gǎizào",
          "word": "勞動改造"
        },
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          "roman": "láodòng gǎizào",
          "word": "劳动改造"
        }
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
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        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-kai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-gǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laugae"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laogaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаогай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh gói"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ kɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor⁵ gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ló̤-gâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒ¹³⁻¹¹ kai⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor⁵ gai³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒ²⁴⁻²¹ kai³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi'kae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³⁻²² kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "勞改"
}
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        "Cantonese nouns",
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        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese short forms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 勞",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 改",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hokkien nouns",
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        "Puxian Min nouns",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "reform",
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        ],
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          "labor",
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          "People's Republic of China",
          "People's Republic of China"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láogǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao²-kai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "láu-gǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laugae"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laogaj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаогай"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lòuh gói"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lou⁴ goi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯²¹ kɔːi̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor⁵ gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ló̤-gâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒ¹³⁻¹¹ kai⁴⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor² gai³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lor⁵ gai³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒ²⁴⁻²¹ kai³³²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lô-kái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loi'kae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻²² kai⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo¹³⁻²² kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "láodòng gǎizào",
      "word": "勞動改造"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láodòng gǎizào",
      "word": "劳动改造"
    }
  ],
  "word": "勞改"
}

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