"work" meaning in Chinese

See work in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wœːk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wœːk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: woek¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wēuk [Cantonese, Yale], woek⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wêg¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English work (verb). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|work|pos=verb}} English work (verb) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} work
  1. working as intended; functioning Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-work-zh-adj-5CK-OujR
  2. effective Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-work-zh-adj-RuCHYXhR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 11 76 12 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 23 51 26

Verb

IPA: /wœːk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wœːk̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: woek¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wēuk [Cantonese, Yale], woek⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wêg¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English work (verb). Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|work|pos=verb}} English work (verb) Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} work
  1. to work as intended; to function Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-work-zh-verb-opmJJTzD

Download JSON data for work meaning in Chinese (2.3kB)

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