Common Meanings
1
gōng工
A laborer who earns a wage for their work; a worker.
他是一名熟练的木工。
He is a skilled carpenter.
Refers to manufacturing, production, or industry, especially the sector producing goods and materials.
工厂里正在生产各种工业产品。
Factories are producing various industrial products.
To engage in physical or mental labor; work; a factory; related to projects.
他每天都在工厂里认真工作。
He works diligently in the factory every day.
A unit of work or workload, often used to quantify the labor required for a task or project.
这个任务大约需要三个工才能完成。
This task will require approximately three units of work to complete.
Refers to skill, technical accomplishment, or the effort and dedication required to master a craft or task, implying expertise.
学习一门新技艺需要下足工夫。
Learning a new skill requires putting in sufficient effort and dedication.
Meticulous, exquisite, ingenious; referring to fine and detailed work.
这幅工笔画的细节描绘得十分精巧。
The details in this Gongbi painting are depicted with great exquisiteness.
In the traditional Chinese musical notation system 'gōngchǐ', '工' (gōng) represents the note '3' in numbered musical notation (jianpu).
在工尺谱中，'工'相当于简谱的3。
In gōngchǐ notation, '工' (gōng) is equivalent to note '3' in numbered musical notation.
Skilled at; good at; expert in.
她工于色彩搭配，设计的服装总是很受欢迎。
She is skilled in color matching, and her designed clothes are always very popular.