撥工

Chinese

		to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (撥工)		撥	工
simp. (拨工)		拨	工

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poah-kang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poah-kang
    • Tâi-lô: puah-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poahkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pua(ʔ)⁵ kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

撥工

1. (Hokkien) to find time (to do something); to take time

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 抽空 (“to find time; to take time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒
Mandarin	Beijing	抽空兒, 抓空兒
	Taiwan	抽空
Cantonese	Hong Kong	抽時間
Gan	Nanchang	抽空
	Lichuan	抽空
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	抽間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	抽間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	抽間
Jin	Taiyuan	掏空
Southern Min	Xiamen	撥工, 閬工
	Quanzhou	撥工, 閬工
	Zhangzhou	撥工
	Tainan	撥工, 閬工
Wu	Shanghai	落空
	Danyang	抽空, 候空
Xiang	Changsha	抽空子, 抽空

Adverb

撥工

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) specially; purposely

Synonyms

• 單意／单意 (dan¹ i³) (Jin)
• 專誠／专诚 (zhuānchéng) (literary)
• 巴巴兒地／巴巴儿地 (bābārde) (regional)
• 巴意 (Yinchuan)
• 特事 (Hakka)
• 特別／特别 (tèbié)
• 特地 (tèdì)
• 特意 (tèyì)
• 特特裡／特特里 (⁸deq-deq-li) (Wu)
• 特登 (dak⁶ dang¹) (Cantonese)
• 罷是／罢是 (ba⁵ shr⁵) (Xiang)
• 著意／着意 (Hakka)
• 迭誠／迭诚 (⁸diq-zen) (Wu)