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工事

gōng shì

2-character word

What 工事 means

1. defensive structure
2. military fortifications
3. Taiwanconstruction works
4. civil engineering works

The characters in 工事

• 工gōngwork; worker; skill
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Words containing 工事

• 防御工事fáng yù gōng shìfortification; defensive structure

Sounds the same

Read gōng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 公式formula
• 攻势(military) offensive
• 公事work-related matters; documents
• 公示to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments); public notification
• 公室office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period

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