gōng

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 工

人工
rén gōng

artificial

人工智能
rén gōng zhì néng

artificial intelligence (AI)

分工
fēn gōng

to divide up the work

加工
jiā gōng

to process

动工
dòng gōng

to start (a building project)

勤工俭学
qín gōng jiǎn xué

to work part time while studying

员工
yuán gōng

staff

工人
gōng rén

worker

工作
gōng zuò

to work

工作日
gōng zuò rì

workday

工作量
gōng zuò liàng

workload

工具
gōng jù

tool

工商
gōng shāng

industry and commerce

工商界
gōng shāng jiè

industry

工地
gōng dì

construction site

工夫
gōng fu

period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)

工序
gōng xù

working procedure

工厂
gōng chǎng

factory

工整
gōng zhěng

fine work

工会
gōng huì

labor union

工业
gōng yè

industry

工科
gōng kē

engineering as an academic subject

工程
gōng chéng

engineering

工程师
gōng chéng shī

engineer

工艺
gōng yì

arts and crafts

工艺品
gōng yì pǐn

handicraft article

工资
gōng zī

wages; pay

怠工
dài gōng

to slacken off in one's work

手工
shǒu gōng

handwork

打工
dǎ gōng

to work a temporary or casual job

施工
shī gōng

construction

民工
mín gōng

migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

清洁工
qīng jié gōng

cleaner

竣工
jùn gōng

to complete a project

罢工
bà gōng

a strike

义工
yì gōng

volunteer worker

职工
zhí gōng

workers; staff

农民工
nóng mín gōng

migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

开工
kāi gōng

to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)

七大工业国集团
qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán

G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

上工
shàng gōng

to go to work

上海汽车工业
shàng hǎi qì chē gōng yè

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)

上海汽车工业集团
shàng hǎi qì chē gōng yè jí tuán

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)

下工
xià gōng

to knock off (at the end of a day's work)

下工夫
xià gōng fu

to put in time and energy

中国北方工业公司
zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī

China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)

中国工商银行
zhōng guó gōng shāng yín háng

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

中国工程院
zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn

Chinese Academy of Engineering

中国石油化工股份有限公司
zhōng guó shí yóu huà gōng gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec

中国石油和化学工业协会
zhōng guó shí yóu hé huà xué gōng yè xié huì

China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)

中国航天工业公司
zhōng guó háng tiān gōng yè gōng sī

China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司

中国航空工业公司
zhōng guó háng kōng gōng yè gōng sī

Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)

中国船舶工业集团
zhōng guó chuán bó gōng yè jí tuán

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)

中国船舶重工集团公司
zhōng guó chuán bó zhòng gōng jí tuán gōng sī

China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)

中国长城工业公司
zhōng guó cháng chéng gōng yè gōng sī

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)

中华全国总工会
zhōng huá quán guó zǒng gōng huì

All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

交通工具
jiāo tōng gōng jù

means of transportation

人工受孕
rén gōng shòu yùn

artificial insemination

人工吹气
rén gōng chuī qì

oral inflation

人工呼吸
rén gōng hū xī

artificial respiration (medicine)

人工岛
rén gōng dǎo

artificial island

人工授精
rén gōng shòu jīng

artificial insemination

人工概念
rén gōng gài niàn

artificial concept

人工河
rén gōng hé

canal

人工流产
rén gōng liú chǎn

abortion

人工照亮
rén gōng zhào liàng

artificial lighting

人工耳蜗
rén gōng ěr wō

cochlear implant

人工费
rén gōng fèi

labor cost

人工电子耳
rén gōng diàn zǐ ěr

cochlear implant

人机工程
rén jī gōng chéng

ergonomics

人体工学
rén tǐ gōng xué

ergonomics

代工
dài gōng

OEM (original equipment manufacturer)

以工代赈
yǐ gōng dài zhèn

to provide work to relieve poverty

仵工
wǔ gōng

pallbearer

伐木工人
fá mù gōng rén

lumberjack

做工
zuò gōng

to work with one's hands

做工作
zuò gōng zuò

to do one's work

做工夫
zuò gōng fu

to practice (work skills)

做准备工作
zuò zhǔn bèi gōng zuò

to make preparations

停工
tíng gōng

to stop work

偷工
tōu gōng

to skimp on the job

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào

to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)

佣工
yōng gōng

hired laborer

价值工程
jià zhí gōng chéng

value engineering

全时工作
quán shí gōng zuò

full-time work

全端工程师
quán duān gōng chéng shī

full-stack developer (computing)

八大工业国组织
bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī

G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

八小时工作制
bā xiǎo shí gōng zuò zhì

eight-hour working day

八级工
bā jí gōng

grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)

八级工资制
bā jí gōng zī zhì

eight grade wage scale (system)

共工
gòng gōng

God of Water

兵工厂
bīng gōng chǎng

munitions factory

刀工
dāo gōng

knife work (food preparation)

分时多工
fēn shí duō gōng

time division multiplexing

分波多工
fēn bō duō gōng

wavelength division multiplexing

刨工
bào gōng

planing

刻意求工
kè yì qiú gōng

assiduous and painstaking

加利福尼亚理工学院
jiā lì fú ní yà lǐ gōng xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

加州理工学院
jiā zhōu lǐ gōng xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

加工厂
jiā gōng chǎng

processing plant

加工成本
jiā gōng chéng běn

processing cost

加工效率
jiā gōng xiào lǜ

processing efficiency

加工时序
jiā gōng shí xù

time course

加工贸易
jiā gōng mào yì

process trade

加油工
jiā yóu gōng

gas station attendant

务工
wù gōng

to work as a laborer

劳工
láo gōng

labor

包工
bāo gōng

to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications

包工头
bāo gōng tóu

chief labor contractor

包身工
bāo shēn gōng

indentured laborer

化学工程
huà xué gōng chéng

chemical engineering

化工厂
huà gōng chǎng

chemical factory; chemical plant

北京工人体育场
běi jīng gōng rén tǐ yù chǎng

Workers Stadium

北京工业大学
běi jīng gōng yè dà xué

Beijing University of Technology

北京理工大学
běi jīng lǐ gōng dà xué

Beijing Institute of Technology

北方工业
běi fāng gōng yè

Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate

半工半读
bàn gōng bàn dú

part work, part study

半日工作
bàn rì gōng zuò

part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon

南京理工大学
nán jīng lǐ gōng dà xué

Nanjing University of Science and Technology

南洋理工大学
nán yáng lǐ gōng dà xué

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

反美是工作赴美是生活
fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó

being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)

合四乙尺工
hé sì yǐ chě gōng

names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

合肥工业大学
hé féi gōng yè dà xué

Hefei University of Technology

吉卜力工作室
jí bǔ lì gōng zuò shì

Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio

同工
tóng gōng

fellow workers

同工同酬
tóng gōng tóng chóu

equal pay for equal work

哈尔滨工业大学
hā ěr bīn gōng yè dà xué

Harbin Institute of Technology

国防工业
guó fáng gōng yè

defense industry

国防科学技术工业委员会
guó fáng kē xué jì shù gōng yè wěi yuán huì

Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)

国际劳工组织
guó jì láo gōng zǔ zhī

International Labor Organization

团结工会
tuán jié gōng huì

Solidarity (Polish worker's union)

土力工程
tǔ lì gōng chéng

geotechnical engineering

土方工程
tǔ fāng gōng chéng

earthwork

土木工程
tǔ mù gōng chéng

civil engineering

垃圾工
lā jī gōng

garbage collector

基因工程
jī yīn gōng chéng

genetic engineering

墨竹工卡
mò zhú gōng kǎ

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

墨竹工卡县
mò zhú gōng kǎ xiàn

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

士农工商
shì nóng gōng shāng

\the four classes\ of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

外籍劳工
wài jí láo gōng

foreign worker

多工
duō gōng

to multiplex

多工作业
duō gōng zuò yè

multitasking

多工化
duō gōng huà

to multiplex

多工器
duō gōng qì

multiplexer

多工运作
duō gōng yùn zuò

multithreading

大连理工大学
dà lián lǐ gōng dà xué

Dalian University of Technology

奴工
nú gōng

slave labor

安居工程
ān jū gōng chéng

housing project for low-income urban residents

安徽工程科技学院
ān huī gōng chéng kē jì xué yuàn

Anhui University of Technology and Science

安徽建筑工业学院
ān huī jiàn zhù gōng yè xué yuàn

Anhui University of Architecture

完工
wán gōng

to finish work

对工
duì gōng

proper

小时工
xiǎo shí gōng

hourly worker

岗位工资
gǎng wèi gōng zī

standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资[jì xiào gōng zī] or commission 提成[tí chéng] etc)

工事
gōng shì

defensive structure

工人日报
gōng rén rì bào

Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949

工人阶级
gōng rén jiē jí

working class

工人党
gōng rén dǎng

Workers' Party (Singapore opposition party)

工件
gōng jiàn

workpiece

工位
gōng wèi

workstation

工作人员
gōng zuò rén yuán

staff member

工作单位
gōng zuò dān wèi

work unit

工作报告
gōng zuò bào gào

working report

工作委员会
gōng zuò wěi yuán huì

working committee

工作室
gōng zuò shì

studio

工作时间
gōng zuò shí jiān

working hours

工作服
gōng zuò fú

work clothes

工作台
gōng zuò tái

workbench

工作流
gōng zuò liú

workflow

工作流程
gōng zuò liú chéng

workflow

工作狂
gōng zuò kuáng

workaholic

工作站
gōng zuò zhàn

(computer) workstation

工作组
gōng zuò zǔ

work team

工作者
gōng zuò zhě

worker

工作表
gōng zuò biǎo

worksheet

工作记忆
gōng zuò jì yì

working memory

工作过度
gōng zuò guò dù

overwork

工作队
gōng zuò duì

a working group; a task force

工作面
gōng zuò miàn

(mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn])

工伤
gōng shāng

industrial injury; work-related injury

工伤假
gōng shāng jià

injury leave

工兵
gōng bīng

military engineer

工具人
gōng jù rén

(neologism c. 2010) (slang) a person used by sb as a means to an end

工具书
gōng jù shū

reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)

工具条
gōng jù tiáo

toolbar (in computer software)

工具机
gōng jù jī

machine tool

工具栏
gōng jù lán

toolbar (in computer software)

工具箱
gōng jù xiāng

toolbox

工分
gōng fēn

work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era)

工匠
gōng jiàng

artisan

工友
gōng yǒu

odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office

工口
ēi luó

erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced \ero\)

工商业
gōng shāng yè

business

工商管理硕士
gōng shāng guǎn lǐ shuò shì

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

工商银行
gōng shāng yín háng

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

工坊
gōng fáng

workshop

工委
gōng wěi

working committee

工字梁
gōng zì liáng

I-beam

工字钢
gōng zì gāng

I-beam

工学
gōng xué

engineering