lao tác
Pronunciation
Northern
/laːw˧˧ taːk˧˥/
Central
/laːw˧˥ ta̰ːk˩˧/
Southern
/laːw˧˧ taːk˧˥/
Listen
labor
Verb
labor
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
labor Work & Money
To labor patiently over a long period in order to achieve a desired result.
vi Những người nông dân đang lao tác trên cánh đồng.
en The farmers are laboring in the fields.
Parts
lao / tác / 勞作
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Parts
lao / tác / 勞作
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞作
Candidates by syllable
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
tác
作
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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lao / lao tù / lao dịch / lao động sống …
Use
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Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …