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工作

gōng zuò
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. to work
  2. 2. (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3. job
  4. 4. work
  5. 5. task

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 工作

派给工作
pài gěi gōng zuò

to task

工作服
gōng zuò fú

work clothes

工作表
gōng zuò biǎo

worksheet

远端工作
yuǎn duān gōng zuò

to telecommute; to work remotely

八小时工作制
bā xiǎo shí gōng zuò zhì

eight-hour working day

工作狂
gōng zuò kuáng

workaholic

工作人员
gōng zuò rén yuán

staff member

做工作
zuò gōng zuò

to do one's work

统一战线工作部
tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò bù

United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)

做准备工作
zuò zhǔn bèi gōng zuò

to make preparations

义务工作者
yì wù gōng zuò zhě

volunteer

科技工作者
kē jì gōng zuò zhě

worker in science and technology

正常工作
zhèng cháng gōng zuò

normal operation

工作组
gōng zuò zǔ

work team

工作报告
gōng zuò bào gào

working report

工作记忆
gōng zuò jì yì

working memory

结束工作
jié shù gōng zuò

to finish work

新闻工作者
xīn wén gōng zuò zhě

journalist

多工作业
duō gōng zuò yè

multitasking

工作量
gōng zuò liàng

workload

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])

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)

采煤工作面
cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn

(mining) coalface

工作时间
gōng zuò shí jiān

working hours

工作过度
gōng zuò guò dù

overwork

吉卜力工作室
jí bǔ lì gōng zuò shì

Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio

工作流
gōng zuò liú

workflow

全时工作
quán shí gōng zuò

full-time work

性工作
xìng gōng zuò

employment as sex worker

日常工作
rì cháng gōng zuò

routine

工作单位
gōng zuò dān wèi

work unit

工作流程
gōng zuò liú chéng

workflow

教育工作者
jiào yù gōng zuò zhě

educator

工作者
gōng zuò zhě

worker

社会工作者
shè huì gōng zuò zhě

social worker

工作室
gōng zuò shì

studio

工作日
gōng zuò rì

workday

工作台
gōng zuò tái

workbench

性工作者
xìng gōng zuò zhě

sex worker

工作委员会
gōng zuò wěi yuán huì

working committee

社会工作
shè huì gōng zuò

social work

工作站
gōng zuò zhàn

(computer) workstation

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

工作队
gōng zuò duì

a working group; a task force