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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
工作 gōngzuò	工作 \| 工作* \| *工作	to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個｜个, 份, 項｜项	HSK 1


工资 gōngzī	工资 \| 工资* \| *工资	wages / pay / CL: 個｜个, 份, 月	工資 HSK 4


工具 gōngjù	工具 \| 工具* \| *工具	tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc)	HSK 5


手工 shǒugōng	手工 \| 手工* \| *手工	handwork / manual	HSK 5


打工 dǎgōng	打工 \| 打工* \| *打工	to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation	HSK 5


工业 gōngyè	工业 \| 工业* \| *工业	industry	工業 HSK 5


员工 yuángōng	员工 \| 员工* \| *员工	staff / personnel / employee	員工 HSK 5


工厂 gōngchǎng	工厂 \| 工厂* \| *工厂	factory / CL: 家, 座	工廠 HSK 5


工人 gōngrén	工人 \| 工人* \| *工人	worker / CL: 個｜个, 名	HSK 5


工程师 gōngchéngshī	工程师 \| 工程师* \| *工程师	engineer / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名	工程師 HSK 5


人工 réngōng	人工 \| 人工* \| *人工	artificial / manpower / manual work	HSK 6


工艺品 gōngyìpǐn	工艺品 \| 工艺品* \| *工艺品	handicraft article / handiwork / CL: 個｜个	工藝品 HSK 6


工程 gōngchéng	工程 \| 工程* \| *工程	engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL: 個｜个, 項｜项


加工 jiāgōng	加工 \| 加工* \| *加工	to process / processing / working (of machinery)


理工 lǐgōng	理工 \| 理工* \| *理工	science and engineering as academic subjects


工 gōng	工 \| 工* \| *工	work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor


工会 gōnghuì	工会 \| 工会* \| *工会	labor union / trade union / CL: 個｜个	工會


工学 gōngxué	工学 \| 工学* \| *工学	engineering / industrial science	工學


工艺 gōngyì	工艺 \| 工艺* \| *工艺	arts and crafts / industrial arts	工藝


化工 huàgōng	化工 \| 化工* \| *化工	chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業｜化学工业 / chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程｜化学工程


施工 shīgōng	施工 \| 施工* \| *施工	construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs


工委 gōngwěi	工委 \| 工委* \| *工委	working committee


工房 gōngfáng	工房 \| 工房* \| *工房	workshop / temporary housing for workers / workers' living quarters


工夫 gōngfū	工夫 \| 工夫* \| *工夫	(old) laborer


工夫 gōngfu	工夫 \| 工夫* \| *工夫	period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort


职工 zhígōng	职工 \| 职工* \| *职工	workers / staff / CL: 個｜个	職工


工件 gōngjiàn	工件 \| 工件* \| *工件	workpiece


钳工 qiángōng	钳工 \| 钳工* \| *钳工	fitter / benchwork	鉗工


竣工 jùngōng	竣工 \| 竣工* \| *竣工	to complete a project


电工 diàngōng	电工 \| 电工* \| *电工	electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)	電工


重工 zhònggōng	重工 \| 重工* \| *重工	heavy industry


特工 tègōng	特工 \| 特工* \| *特工	secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent


工地 gōngdì	工地 \| 工地* \| *工地	construction site


精工 Jīnggōng	精工 \| 精工* \| *精工	Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company


精工 jīnggōng	精工 \| 精工* \| *精工	refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship)


开工 kāigōng	开工 \| 开工* \| *开工	to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job	開工


工期 gōngqī	工期 \| 工期* \| *工期	time allocated for a project / completion date


工伤 gōngshāng	工伤 \| 工伤* \| *工伤	industrial injury; work-related injury	工傷


电气工程 diànqìgōngchéng	电气工程 \| 电气工程* \| *电气工程	electrical engineering	電氣工程


复工 fùgōng	复工 \| 复工* \| *复工	to return to work (after a stoppage)	復工


工序 gōngxù	工序 \| 工序* \| *工序	working procedure / process


美工 měigōng	美工 \| 美工* \| *美工	art design / art designer


工匠 gōngjiàng	工匠 \| 工匠* \| *工匠	artisan / smith


做工 zuògōng	做工 \| 做工* \| *做工	to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship


墨竹工卡 Mòzhúgōngkǎ	墨竹工卡 \| 墨竹工卡* \| *墨竹工卡	Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩｜拉萨, Tibet


偷工减料 tōugōngjiǎnliào	偷工减料 \| 偷工减料* \| *偷工减料	to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work	偷工減料


完工 wángōng	完工 \| 完工* \| *完工	to finish work / to complete a project


技工 jìgōng	技工 \| 技工* \| *技工	skilled worker


工坊 gōngfáng	工坊 \| 工坊* \| *工坊	workshop


工科 gōngkē	工科 \| 工科* \| *工科	engineering as an academic subject


轻工 qīnggōng	轻工 \| 轻工* \| *轻工	light engineering	輕工


上工 shànggōng	上工 \| 上工* \| *上工	to go to work / to start work


矿工 kuànggōng	矿工 \| 矿工* \| *矿工	miner	礦工


工体 Gōngtǐ	工体 \| 工体* \| *工体	abbr. for 北京工人體育場｜北京工人体育场, Workers Stadium	工體


工行 Gōngháng	工行 \| 工行* \| *工行	ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) / abbr. for 工商銀行｜工商银行


农民工 nóngmíngōng	农民工 \| 农民工* \| *农民工	migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)	農民工


同工同酬 tónggōngtóngchóu	同工同酬 \| 同工同酬* \| *同工同酬	equal pay for equal work


工农 Gōngnóng	工农 \| 工农* \| *工农	Gongnong district of Hegang city 鶴崗｜鹤岗, Heilongjiang	工農


工农 gōngnóng	工农 \| 工农* \| *工农	workers and peasants	工農


民工 míngōng	民工 \| 民工* \| *民工	migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project


焊工 hàngōng	焊工 \| 焊工* \| *焊工	welder / solderer / CL: 名 / welding


代工 dàigōng	代工 \| 代工* \| *代工	OEM (original equipment manufacturer)


工矿 gōngkuàng	工矿 \| 工矿* \| *工矿	industry and mining	工礦


动工 dònggōng	动工 \| 动工* \| *动工	to start (a building project)	動工


工种 gōngzhǒng	工种 \| 工种* \| *工种	kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)	工種


停工 tínggōng	停工 \| 停工* \| *停工	to stop work / to shut down / to stop production


工位 gōngwèi	工位 \| 工位* \| *工位	workstation


罢工 bàgōng	罢工 \| 罢工* \| *罢工	a strike / to go on strike	罷工


车工 chēgōng	车工 \| 车工* \| *车工	lathe work / lathe operator	車工


科技工作者 kējìgōngzuòzhě	科技工作者 \| 科技工作者* \| *科技工作者	worker in science and technology


短工 duǎngōng	短工 \| 短工* \| *短工	temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker


返工 fǎngōng	返工 \| 返工* \| *返工	to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work


社工 shègōng	社工 \| 社工* \| *社工	social work / social worker


高工 gāogōng	高工 \| 高工* \| *高工	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)


工龄 gōnglíng	工龄 \| 工龄* \| *工龄	length of service / seniority	工齡


工具箱 gōngjùxiāng	工具箱 \| 工具箱* \| *工具箱	toolbox


工时 gōngshí	工时 \| 工时* \| *工时	man-hour	工時


女工 nǚgōng	女工 \| 女工* \| *女工	working woman / variant of 女紅｜女红


义工 yìgōng	义工 \| 义工* \| *义工	volunteer worker / volunteer work	義工


包工 bāogōng	包工 \| 包工* \| *包工	to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor


工友 gōngyǒu	工友 \| 工友* \| *工友	odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker


务工 wùgōng	务工 \| 务工* \| *务工	to work as a laborer	務工


人工智能 réngōngzhìnéng	人工智能 \| 人工智能* \| *人工智能	artificial intelligence (AI)


瓦工 wǎgōng	瓦工 \| 瓦工* \| *瓦工	tiling / bricklaying / plastering


收工 shōugōng	收工 \| 收工* \| *收工	to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off


护工 hùgōng	护工 \| 护工* \| *护工	nurse's aide / nursing assistant / care worker	護工


工整 gōngzhěng	工整 \| 工整* \| *工整	fine work / carefully and neatly done


铆工 mǎogōng	铆工 \| 铆工* \| *铆工	riveter / worker with rivets	鉚工


政工 zhènggōng	政工 \| 政工* \| *政工	political work / ideological work


铣工 xǐgōng	铣工 \| 铣工* \| *铣工	milling (machining) / milling machine operator	銑工


刀工 dāogōng	刀工 \| 刀工* \| *刀工	knife work (food preparation)


工笔 gōngbǐ	工笔 \| 工笔* \| *工笔	gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description	工筆


鬼斧神工 guǐfǔshéngōng	鬼斧神工 \| 鬼斧神工* \| *鬼斧神工	supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship


工装裤 gōngzhuāngkù	工装裤 \| 工装裤* \| *工装裤	overalls (clothing) / coveralls	工裝褲


泥工 nígōng	泥工 \| 泥工* \| *泥工	mason / masonry work


异曲同工 yìqǔtónggōng	异曲同工 \| 异曲同工* \| *异曲同工	different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome	異曲同工


试工 shìgōng	试工 \| 试工* \| *试工	to work for a trial period / worker on probation	試工


工字钢 gōngzìgāng	工字钢 \| 工字钢* \| *工字钢	I-beam	工字鋼


工钱 gōngqián	工钱 \| 工钱* \| *工钱	salary / wages	工錢


误工 wùgōng	误工 \| 误工* \| *误工	to delay one's work / to be late for or absent from work / loss of working time	誤工

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