gōng

工

work / worker

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学校与工作Lesson 5 · School & Work vocab 我的一天Lesson 14 · My Day 我的一天HSK 3.0 · Lesson 11 · My Day vocab 放假了HSK 3.0 · Lesson 19 · Holidays Are Here

Words with 工

工作 gōng zuò to work; (of a machine) to operate HSK 1
工人 gōng rén worker HSK 1
打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation HSK 2
员工 yuán gōng staff; personnel HSK 3
工具 gōng jù tool; instrument HSK 3
工资 gōng zī wages; pay HSK 3
工厂 gōng chǎng factory HSK 3
工业 gōng yè industry HSK 3
工程师 gōng chéng shī engineer HSK 3
人工 rén gōng artificial; manpower HSK 3
加工 jiā gōng to process; processing HSK 3
职工 zhí gōng workers; staff HSK 3

Examples from your lessons

  • 还没，我工作还没做完。 Not yet, I haven't finished my work. Lesson 14
  • 她工作很忙，常常不在家。 She's busy at work and often not home. Lesson 111
  • 我的工作做了一半，还有一半。 I've done half my work; half is left. Lesson 119
  • 有点儿发烧。昨天我工作到晚上十二点。 A slight fever. Yesterday I worked until midnight. 你哪里不舒服？
  • 她的丈夫在医院工作，是医生。 Her husband works at a hospital as a doctor. 认识新朋友
  • 他七点开始上班，每天工作十个小时。 He starts work at seven and works ten hours every day. 爸爸的一天

Character facts

Radical
工
Parts
一 + 丄
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+5DE5

Pictographic: A spade or other workman's tool

Same radical 工
chà 差 zuǒ 左 qiǎo 巧
Same sound
gòng 共 gōng 公 gōng 宫 gōng 供 gōng 功 gōng 弓 gǒng 拱 gōng 攻