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工具

gōng jù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

工具 (gōng jù) means "tool/instrument". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 工具 means

1. tool
2. instrument
3. utensil
4. means (to achieve a goal etc)

The characters in 工具

• 工gōngwork; worker; skill
• 具jùtool; device; utensil

Example sentences

• 木匠带着工具。
  Mùjiàng dài zhe gōngjù.
  The carpenter brought his tools along.
• 我有一个工具。
  I have a tool.
• 木匠带了工具。
  The carpenter brought his tools along.
• 英语是沟通的工具。
  English is a communication tool.
• 把钳子放在工具箱里。
  Bǎ qiánzi fàng zài gōngjùxiāng lǐ.
  Put the pliers in the tool box.
• 电脑是一种现代工具。
  A computer is a type of modern tool.

Words starting with 工具

• 工具书gōng jù shūreference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
• 工具箱gōng jù xiāngtoolbox
• 工具人gōng jù rén(neologism, attested by 2010) (slang) a person used by sb as a means to an end
• 工具条gōng jù tiáotoolbar (in computer software)
• 工具机gōng jù jīmachine tool
• 工具链gōng jù liàn(computing) toolchain
• 工具栏gōng jù lántoolbar (in computer software)

Words containing 工具

• 交通工具jiāo tōng gōng jùmeans of transportation; vehicle
• 测量工具cè liáng gōng jùgauge; measuring tool
• 泄欲工具xiè yù gōng jùsexual object
• 衍生工具yǎn shēng gōng jùderivative (finance)

Where 工具 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Office tools & technology (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gōng jù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.