工友

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	friend
simp. and trad. (工友)		工	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-yu³
  - Yale: gūng-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongyeou
  - Palladius: гунъю (gunʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    公有
    工友
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ jau⁵
  - Yale: gūng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
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    公有
    工友
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-iú
  - Tâi-lô: kang-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kang'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Noun

工友

manual worker in a school or government office (such as a janitor, cleaner, etc.)
(Mainland China, dated) workmate; fellow worker

Synonyms

(workmate): (dated) 工役 (gōngyì)