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Jyutping fu2 gung1
Pinyin kǔ gōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. hard labor (in penal code)
  2. coolie
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    coolie; person doing hard or manual work
  2. noun
    hard or manual work; sweated labor; fag
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    开车真系份辛苦工!
    開車真係份辛苦工!
    • Driving is really a tough job!
  2. Cantonese
    你唔好监硬要佢做苦工。
    你唔好監硬要佢做苦工。
    nei5 m4 hou2 gaam3 ngaang2 jiu3 keoi5 zou6 fu2 gung1.
    • Don't force him to do harsh work
  3. Cantonese
    做lab又系一份辛苦工,晚晚OT到深夜。
    做lab又係一份辛苦工,晚晚OT到深夜。
    zou6 lep1 jau6 hai6 jat1 fan6 san1 fu2 gung1, maan5 maan5 ou1 ti1 dou3 sam1 je6.
    • Being a lab technician is demanding. They often work overtime till late night.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我是耶和华;我要用伸出来的膀臂重重地刑罚埃及人,救赎你们脱离他们的重担,不做他们的苦工。
    我是耶和華;我要用伸出來的膀臂重重地刑罰埃及人,救贖你們脱離他們的重擔,不做他們的苦工。
    wǒ shì yē hé huá ; wǒ yào yòng shēn chū lái de bǎng bì zhòng zhòng de xíng fá āi jí rén , jiù shú nǐ men tuō lí tā men de zhòng dān , bù zuò tā men de kǔ gōng .
    • I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments