| 勞 | 1215C15 91.50 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄌㄠˊ [lao2] (*ㄌㄠˋ [lao4] ). [Pop.  ] | ||
| N. | (1) Accomplishment, work: 功勞 merit, achievements. (2) A surname. (3) Worker, laborer: 勞方 the labor (opp. 資方 the management); 勞資糾紛 trouble between labor and management. (4) (Chin. med.) a wasting disease, any disease resulting from excessive physical weakening: 勞傷 [lao2shang1], 勞瘵 [lao2zhai4]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) Do manual work: 勞動 [lao2dong4]↓; 勞心，勞力 mental and manual work(ers). (2) To trouble (s.o.) with (s.t.): 勞駕 [lao2jia4]↓; 勞人費馬 (of tasks) involve a lot of labor; 勞民 [lao2min2]↓; 徒勞往返 made a trip in vain. (3) (*[lao4]) Bring gifts to fighting army, bring comfort to: 勞軍 [lao2jUn1]↓; 慰勞 to comfort (victims of flood, etc.). | |||||
| Adj. | Hard, wearisome: 煩勞 troublesome; 疲勞 tiring, tiresome, tired. | |||||
| Words | 1. 勞保 [lao2bao3], n., labor insurance (short for 勞工保險). 2. 勞步 [lao2bu4], v.t., (court.) (of friends) come to pay a visit: 昨天勞步，還沒有回拜呢 I have not yet paid a return call on you for your call on me yesterday. 3. 勞頓 [lao2dun4], adj., weary and tired. 4. 勞動 [lao2dong4], v.i., (1) do physical labor; 勞動者 workers, laborers; 勞動節 Labor Day; (2) ([lao2dong0]) (court.) to bother, trouble: 又得勞動您 sorry to trouble you again; 勞動大駕 please be good enough to do me a favor. 5. 勞乏 [lao2fa2], adj., physically exhausted. 6. 勞煩 [lao2fan2], v.t., (court.) cause (s.o.) trouble: 勞煩你 may I trouble you? 7. 勞費 [lao2fei4], v.t., cost trouble and expenses. 8. 勞工 [lao2gong1], n., labor, individual workers or as a class. 9. 勞瘵 [lao2zhai4], n., (med.) tuberculosis (＝肺癆). 10. 勞症 [lao2zheng4], n., ditto. 11. 勞績 [lao2ji1], n., work done, accomplishment, merit. 12. 勞駕 [lao2jia4], v.t., (usu. used in the second person) please do me a favor: 勞駕你一會兒 may I trouble you for a moment? 不敢勞您大駕 dare not trouble you; 勞駕！ 勞駕！ thank you so much! 13. 勞金 [lao2jin1], n., compensation for work, reward, fee. 14. 勞倦 [lao2jUan4], adj., tired out. 15. 勞軍 *[lao4jUn1], v.t., cheer up troops with gifts (also 勞師). 16. 勞苦 [lao2ku3], (1) v.i., to work hard; (2) adj., having to work hard; (3) (*[lao4ku3]) v.t., encourage, bring comfort to (s.o.). 17. 勞來 *[lao4lai4], v.t., (also 勞徠) encourage (s.o.) to enlist or come over. 18. 勞累 [lao2lei4], v.t., to trouble, bother: 太勞累了 it's too much trouble; 勞累您了 sorry to have bothered you. 19. 勞力 [lao2li4], n., manual labor: 勞力工作 physical or manual labor; 出賣勞力 sell one's labor for a living; 勞力所得 income from labor. 20. 勞碌 [lao2lu4], adj., hard-working: 奔忙勞碌 running about; adj.,勞碌了一整天 have slaved for a whole day; 21. 勞民 [lao2min2], v.t., (1) belabor the people: 勞民傷財 waste of manpower and public funds; (2) (*[lao4min2]) to cheer up the people by gift or message. 22. 勞傷 [lao2shang1], n., (Chin. med.) disease resulting from gen. weakening and exhaustion. 23. 勞神 [lao2shen2], v.t., bother (s.o. or oneself) with (s.t.); 勞神你 may I trouble you? please be so kind. 24. 勞心 [lao2xin1], v.t., (1) do mental work: 勞心工作（者） white-collar work(er)opp. [lao2li4]↑; (2) to worry. 25. 勞形 [lao2xing2], adj., tire body out (for living). 26. 勞師 *[lao4shi1], v.t., comfort troops with gifts, see [lao2jUn1]↑. 27. 勞什子 [lao2shi2zi0], n., (＝牢什子) an eyesore, anything disagreeable or abominable. 28. 勞瘁 [lao2cui4], adj., wearied and worn. 29. 勞作 [lao2zuo4], n., (1) manual labor class in school; (2) manual labor. 30. 勞資 [lao2zi1], n., labor and management, labor and capital: 勞資關係 labor relations. 31. 勞務 [lao2wu4], n., service. 32. 勞燕 [lao2yan4], n., (LL) 伯勞 Lanius bucephalus, and swallows: 勞燕分飛 (LL) going in different ways, said of friends at time of departure. 33. 勞役 [lao2yi4], n., labor service, (criminal law) hard labor. | |||||