工
gōng
Pinyin

Definition

工
 - 
gōng
  1. work
  2. worker
  3. skill
  4. profession
  5. trade
  6. craft
  7. labor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

员工
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
人工
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
做工
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
分工
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
加工
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
务工
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
化工
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
完工
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
工
gōng
  1. 1 work
  2. 2 worker
  3. 3 skill
  4. 4 profession
  5. 5 trade
  6. 6 craft
  7. 7 labor
工人
gōng rén
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
工作室
gōng zuò shì
  1. 1 studio
  2. 2 workshop
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
工作服
gōng zuò fú
  1. 1 work clothes
工作狂
gōng zuò kuáng
  1. 1 workaholic
工作者
gōng zuò zhě
  1. 1 worker
工作量
gōng zuò liàng
  1. 1 workload
  2. 2 volume of work
工伤
gōng shāng
  1. 1 industrial injury
工具
gōng jù
  1. 1 tool
  2. 2 instrument
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 means (to achieve a goal etc)

Idioms (8)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 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
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
  2. 2 A masterpiece demands suffering.
马工枚速
Mǎ gōng Méi sù
  1. 1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
  2. 2 to each his good points
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 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！
míngr5 nǐ jiù gěi wǒ chūméner qù zhǎo gōngzuò ，bié chéngtiān lài zài jiālǐ 。méi ge zhèngjīng gōngzuò ，wǒ kàn nǐ shàng nǎr5 zhǎo xífur ！
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!
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这儿看上去规模挺大的。有多少工人啊？
zhèr5 kànshangqu guīmó tǐng dà de 。yǒu duōshao gōngrén a ？
It looks quite big. How many workers are there in the factory?
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加工食品对身体不好，别吃太多。
jiāgōng shípǐn duì shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bié chī tài duō 。
Processed food is not food for health. Don't eat it too much.
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这间公司薪水不高，我没那么想做这份工作。
zhè jiān gōngsī xīnshuǐ bù gāo ，wǒ méinàme xiǎng zuò zhè fèn gōngzuò 。
The company offers low pay. I don’t really want to do this job.
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主管，他总是喜欢拖延，我比较不喜欢和他一起工作。
zhǔguǎn ，tā zǒngshì xǐhuan tuōyán ，wǒ bǐjiào bù xǐhuan hé tā yīqǐ gōngzuò 。
Mister, he has a tendency to procrastinate. I don’t really like to work with him.
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这家公司在越南开设了新工厂。
zhè jiā gōngsī zài Yuènán kāishè le Xīn gōngchǎng 。
This company set up a new factory in Vietnam.
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我觉得我们公司的员工最近挺辛苦的。
wǒ juéde wǒmen gōngsī de yuángōng zuìjìn tǐng xīnkǔ de 。
I think that our employees have been working really hard recently.
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不如我们来个员工旅游吧？
bùrú wǒmen lái ge yuángōng lǚyóu ba ？
How about a corporate retreat?
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现在已经深夜十二点了，他还在工作。
xiànzài yǐjīng shēnyè shíèrdiǎn le ，tā hái zài gōngzuò 。
It’s now midnight, yet he’s still at work.
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祝大家工作顺利。
zhù dàjiā gōngzuò shùnlì 。
I wish everyone all the best with your work.
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