工
gōng
Pinyin
Definition
工
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- work
- worker
- skill
- profession
- trade
- craft
- labor
Character Decomposition
Compounds (33)
- 1 surname Jing
- 1 classics
- 2 sacred book
- 3 scripture
- 4 to pass through
- 5 to undergo
- 6 to bear
- 7 to endure
- 8 warp (textile)
- 9 longitude
- 10 menstruation
- 11 channel (TCM)
- 12 abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jīng jì]
- 1 work
- 2 worker
- 3 skill
- 4 profession
- 5 trade
- 6 craft
- 7 labor
- 1 empty
- 2 air
- 3 sky
- 4 in vain
- 1 to empty
- 2 vacant
- 3 unoccupied
- 4 space
- 5 leisure
- 6 free time
Related Words (20)
- 1 staff
- 2 personnel
- 3 employee
- 1 artificial
- 2 manpower
- 3 manual work
- 1 to work with one's hands
- 2 manual work
- 3 workmanship
Idioms (8)
偷工减料
- 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
- 2 jerry-building
- 3 sloppy work
工欲善其事,必先利其器
- 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
异曲同工
- 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
- 2 different methods leading to the same result
- 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
磨刀不误砍柴工
- 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
- 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
- 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
- 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
- 2 uncanny workmanship
- 3 superlative craftsmanship
Sample Sentences
明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作,别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作,我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿!
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
这儿看上去规模挺大的。有多少工人啊?
It looks quite big. How many workers are there in the factory?
加工食品对身体不好,别吃太多。
Processed food is not food for health. Don't eat it too much.
这间公司薪水不高,我没那么想做这份工作。
The company offers low pay. I don’t really want to do this job.
主管,他总是喜欢拖延,我比较不喜欢和他一起工作。
Mister, he has a tendency to procrastinate. I don’t really like to work with him.
这家公司在越南开设了新工厂。
This company set up a new factory in Vietnam.
我觉得我们公司的员工最近挺辛苦的。
I think that our employees have been working really hard recently.
不如我们来个员工旅游吧?
How about a corporate retreat?
现在已经深夜十二点了,他还在工作。
It’s now midnight, yet he’s still at work.
祝大家工作顺利。
I wish everyone all the best with your work.