工

The character "工" has 3 strokes. "工" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "工" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "工" are "gōng" . View the stroke order of "工">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "工"

n.: worker; labourer; working class; work; labour; man-day; project; construction; industry; engineer; skill; technique; craftsmanship; workmanship; gong

adj.: elaborate; exquisite; fine

v.: be good at; be versed in

• worker : n.工人；工作者；劳动者；工作的动物；做成特定事情的人；工人阶级；体力劳动者；辛勤工作的人；从事某种工作的人
• labourer : n.劳动者；劳工
• working class : n.工人阶级
• work : n.工作；劳动；职业；制作品；产品；工厂；活动机件；运转机构；防御工事；功；做功；需要的所有事物；全套事物
• labour : n.劳动；工党；分娩；劳工；工人阶级；劳动者；劳工阶级；劳工部门
• man-day : n.工日；人工作日
• project : n.工程；事业；项目；政府资助的廉租住宅区；计划；方案；规划；课题
• construction : n.建造；构筑；建设；建构；建筑业；建筑物；形成；说明；解释；建筑风格
• industry : n.工业；产业；勤劳；勤奋；行业；专题研究；大型研究活动
• engineer : n.工程师；技师；机械师；机师；轮机员；策划者；设计者；发明者；专家；火车司机
• skill : n.技巧；技艺；技能
• technique : n.技巧；技术；工艺；技能；技艺；手段；方法
• craftsmanship : n.技艺；技术；精工细作
• workmanship : n.做工；工艺
• gong : n.锣；奖章；装饰品
• elaborate : adj.精巧的；复杂的；详尽的；精心设计的；煞费苦心的
• exquisite : adj.极美的；精美的；精致的；敏锐的；剧烈的；极具鉴赏力的
• fine : adj.优质的；高品质的；纤细的；晴朗的；在三柱门后面的；好的；行的；健康的；壮观的；令人满意的；允许的
• be good at : 擅长于

Form words with "工"

编织工 weaver; braider

计时工 timework;time worker; day worker

采伐工 feller; logger; lumberman; timberman

采煤工 coal miner; pitman

压铸工 die caster

淬火工 quencher

裱糊工 paper hanger

护路工 (railway) trackman; track master; track walker;road maintenance worker

采石工 quarrier; quarryman

二级工 grade-two worker

八级工 eighth-grade worker (with highest skills in the eight-grade wage system); top-grade worker

节流工 throttleman

垃圾工 refuse collector; dustbinman; dustman; garbage man/collector; sanitation worker

喷漆工 paint sprayer

烟道工 flueman

镶嵌工 mounter

铅版工 stereotyper

吊车工 craneman

巡道工 trackman; trackwalker

平版工 lithographer

Example phrases using "工"

• 她患了重感冒今天上不了工。

  She cannot go to work today because she has a bad cold.

• 由于开会，她又误了整整一下午的工。

  Her work was delayed for an entire afternoon because of the meeting.

• 他不过是个机械工而已。

  He is nothing more than a mechanic.

• 今天五个人出了工。

  Five people came to work today.

• 老板辞了他的工。

  The boss dismissed/fired him.

• 她成为了一名油漆匠和装潢工。

  She became a painter and decorator.

• 在瓷砖上打圬工销销孔。

  Drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins.

• 他接受了水管工培训。

  He trained as a plumber.

• 窗户装饰工。

  Window trimmers.

• 一位造船工。

  A boatbuilder.