半はん工こう

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (半はん工こう)		半はん	工こう

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): bui̿ng-góng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-kang

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-góng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kang
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

半はん工こう

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) half day work
2. (Northern Min, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) half a day
3. (Northern Min, figuratively) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever

Synonyms

• (half a day): 半天ばんてん (bàntiān), 半日はんにち (bànrì); (Hokkien) 半はん晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)