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化工

化工

Chinese

		to make into; to change into; -ization to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
simp. and trad. (化工)		化	工

Noun

化工

nature's work
Short for 化學工程／化学工程 (“chemical engineering”).
Short for 化學工業／化学工业 (huàxué gōngyè, “the chemical industry”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huàgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ gung¹
Min Nan (POJ): hòa-kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: huàgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahgong
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    化工
    畫工／画工
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa³ gung¹
  - Yale: fa gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ gung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑː³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòa-kang
  - Tâi-lô: huà-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoarkafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/