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工

gōng

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

What 工 means

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

Example sentences

• 工作。
  Work.
• 工作！
  Work!
• 有罢工。
  There is a strike.
• 继续工作！
  Carry on with your work.
• 工人罢工。
  The workers are on strike.
• 我不工作.
  I do not work.

Words starting with 工

• 工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate; job
• 工资gōng zīwages; pay
• 工具gōng jùtool; instrument; utensil
• 工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project; project
• 工人gōng rénworker
• 工业gōng yèindustry
• 工厂gōng chǎngfactory
• 工程师gōng chéng shīengineer
• 工夫gōng fuperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill
• 工艺品gōng yì pǐnhandicraft article; handiwork
• 工地gōng dìconstruction site
• 工艺gōng yìarts and crafts; industrial arts
• 工商gōng shāngindustry and commerce
• 工作者gōng zuò zhěworker
• 工会gōng huìlabor union; trade union
• 工作室gōng zuò shìstudio; workshop
• 工作组gōng zuò zǔwork team; working group; task force
• 工作日gōng zuò rìworkday; working day; weekday
• 工业化gōng yè huàto industrialize; industrialization
• 工钱gōng qiánsalary; wages
• 工作量gōng zuò liàngworkload; volume of work
• 工人阶级gōng rén jiē jíworking class
• 工行Gōng hángICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); abbr. for 工商银行
• 工农gōng nóngworkers and peasants

Words containing 工

• 打工dǎ gōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or…
• 手工shǒu gōnghandwork; manual
• 加工jiā gōngto process; processing; working (of machinery)
• 人工rén gōngartificial; manpower; manual work
• 罢工bà gōnga strike; to go on strike
• 员工yuán gōngstaff; personnel; employee
• 职工zhí gōngemployee; staff member; worker
• 民工mín gōngmigrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)…
• 施工shī gōngconstruction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
• 农民工nóng mín gōngmigrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
• 化工huà gōngchemical industry (abbr. for 化学工业; chemical engineering (abbr. for 化学工程
• 分工fēn gōngto divide up the work; division of labor
• 交通工具jiāo tōng gōng jùmeans of transportation; vehicle
• 开工kāi gōngto begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job
• 做工zuò gōngto work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
• 劳工láo gōnglabor; laborer
• 女工nǚ gōngworking woman; variant of 女红
• 完工wán gōngto finish work; to complete a project
• 矿工kuàng gōngminer
• 竣工jùn gōngto complete a project
• 理工lǐ gōngscience and engineering as academic subjects
• 特工tè gōngsecret service; special service; secret service agent
• 电工diàn gōngelectrician; electrical engineering; electrical work (in a house)
• 教职工jiào zhí gōngteaching and administrative staff

Sounds the same

Read gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 公public; collectively owned; common
• 功meritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 供to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭respectful
• 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
• 宫palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 躬(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
• 红used in 女红
• 蚣used in 蜈蚣
• 肱upper arm; arm
• 觥big; cup made of horn; horn wine container

Where 工 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 1 Characters · Set 12 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng correctly.
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