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to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
worker / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
industry
HSK 3
staff; personnel; employee
HSK 3
wages; pay / CL:
HSK 3
artificial / manpower / manual work
HSK 3
tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc)
HSK 3
employee; staff member; worker
HSK 3
factory / CL: ,
HSK 3
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
HSK 3
engineer / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
to process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
handwork / manual
HSK 4
engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL: 個|个, 項|项
HSK 4
arts and crafts / industrial arts
HSK 5
workday / working day / weekday
HSK 5
to divide up the work / division of labor
HSK 6
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
HSK 6
a strike / to go on strike
HSK 6
industry and commerce
HSK 6
cleaner / janitor / garbage collector
HSK 6
construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
HSK 7-9
engineering as an academic subject
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to complete a project
HSK 7-9
working procedure / process
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
construction site
HSK 7-9
to work part-time while studying / work-study program
HSK 7-9
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
workload; volume of work
HSK 7-9
industry / the world of business
HSK 7-9
labor union / trade union / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
artificial intelligence (AI)
HSK 7-9
fine work / carefully and neatly done
HSK 7-9
standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资 or commission 提成 etc)
studio / workshop
bricklaying
proper
munitions factory
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
employee identification card / work permit
process trade / trade involving assembly
male worker
a working group; a task force
miner
jerry-built building project / lit. built on soybean dregs
worker bee
Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
working committee
traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
working report / operating report
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程)
defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works
working condition (of equipment)
heavy industry
East China University of Science and Technology
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work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
industrial park
to work as a laborer
project duration; construction period
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
(old) laborer
(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)
Matsushita Electronics Industry
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
workpiece
workshop
secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent
Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company
refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship)
social work / social worker
processing cost
gauge / measuring tool
kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
artisan / smith
odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker
ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) / abbr. for 工商銀行|工商银行
industrial injury; work-related injury
labor / laborer
school of engineering / college of engineering
foundry work / foundry worker
workstation
gig economy
Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
to employ workers
salary / wages
to sell one's labor
workshop / temporary housing for workers / workers' living quarters
science and engineering as academic subjects
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
manufactured goods
senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師|高级工程师) / (Tw) industrial vocational high school (abbr. for 高級工業職業學校|高级工业职业学校)
to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time; a holdup

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