請負

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (請負)		請	負
simp. (请负)		请	负

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 請(う)け負(お)う (ukeō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐngfù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄈㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngfù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing³-fu⁴
  - Yale: chǐng-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingfuh
  - Palladius: цинфу (cinfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

Verb

請負

(obsolete, business, finance, law) to take on a contract; to undertake (a job, construction project, etc.)

Synonyms

承包 (chéngbāo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
請	負
う(け) Grade: S	お(い) Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
請け負い

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うけおい [ùkéóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) うけおい [ùkéóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ke̞o̞i]

Noun

請(うけ)負(おい) • (ukeoi) ^{←うけおひ (ukeofi)^?}

contract

Derived terms

請(うけ)負(おい)業(ぎょう) (ukeoigyō)
請(うけ)負(おい)金(きん) (ukeoikin)
請(うけ)負(おい)師(し) (ukeoishi)
請(うけ)負(おい)人(にん) (ukeoinin)

Related terms

請(う)け負(お)う (ukeou)

Descendants

⇒ Korean: 청부(請負) (cheongbu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN