包身工

Chinese

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (包身工)		包	身	工
simp. #(包身工)		包	身	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāoshēngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄕㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ san¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāoshēngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄕㄣ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baoshengong
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-shên¹-kung¹
    • Yale: bāu-shēn-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baushengong
    • Palladius: баошэньгун (baošɛnʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹ san¹ gung¹
    • Yale: bāau sān gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ san¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ sen¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

包身工

1. (historical) indentured labor (a form of slavery in pre-1949 China in which young people were lured to factories and mines where they were deprived of their personal freedom and exploited by both capitalists and labor contractors)
2. (historical) indentured laborer (a person subjected to such slavery)

Usage notes

See Xia Yan's nonfiction novel of the same title.