"job" meaning in Chinese

See job in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡sɔːp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɐp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːp̚⁵/, /t͡sɐp̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: zop¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zap¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], jāp [Cantonese, Yale], dzop⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dzap⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], zeb¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English job. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|job}} English job Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} job
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) job (a non-permanent job, from which one is paid); tasks in one's work (Classifier: 單/单 c; 個/个 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong

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