| 工 | 456B25 31.30 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄍㄨㄥ [gong1] | ||
| N. | (1) A manual worker: 工人 [gong1ren2], 工匠 [gong1jiang4], 工役 [gong1yi4]1↓; 技工 a skilled worker; 勞工 labor, the working class. (2) Manual labor, craftsmanship: 工事 [gong1shi4], 工程 [gong1cheng2]↓; 工價 labor cost; 工錢，工資，工銀 wages; 工料 labor and materials; 手工 handicraft; 精工 skilled labor; 人工 human labor, manpower; 人工授精 artificial insemination; 木工 carpentry; 鐵工 ironwork(er)s; 工商 industry and trade; 農工 agriculture and industry; 半工半讀 working one's way through college; 工讀生 a part-time student worker, work scholarship student; 包工 contractual labor; 散工 odd jobs, piece labor; 長工 day labor; 開工 to start work; 收工 to cease work; 完工 completion of work. (3) Man-days. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Skilled, skillful, dexterous: 工細 [gong1xi4], 工巧 [gong1qiao3], 工筆 [gong1bi3]↓. (2) Good at, expert: 工於此道 good at this kind of work; 工書 (be) expert at calligraphy. | |||||
| Words | 1. 工本 [gong1ben3], n., cost of production. 2. 工筆 [gong1bi3], n., (painting) works done with fine, delicate strokes. 3. 工兵 [gong1bing1], n., (mil.) engineer corps. 4. 工部 [gong1bu4], n., formerly, one of the six boards of the central government in charge of public works: 工部局 formerly, the Municipal Council of foreign concessions. 5. 工廠 [gong1chang3]1, n., a factory, plant. 6. 工場 [gong1chang3]2, n., an industrial plant or working area, a workshop. 7. 工潮 [gong1chao2], n., labor strike. 8. 工程 [gong1cheng2], n., engineering, construction work: 工程師 an engineer; 土木工程，電氣工程，化學工程 civil, electrical, chemical (etc.) engineering; 機械工程，建築工程 mechanical, construction engineering. 9. 工巧 [gong1qiao3], adj., skillful, dexterous. 10. 工錢 [gong1qian2], n., wages. 11. 工尺 [gong1chi3], n., the Chin. musical scale. 12. 工黨 [gong1dang3], n., the labor party. 13. 工夫 [gong1fu1], n., (1) work, labor; (2) ([gong1fu0]) time, leisure, labor spent on a piece of work, degree of perfection attained in any line of work; (3) ([gong1fu0er0]) a point of time: 正在說話的工夫兒，他就來了 he came as I was talking; a spare moment: 你有工夫兒麼 do you have a moment to spare? 14. 工會 [gong1hui4], n., trade or labor union. 15. 工整 [gong1zheng3], adj., (callig.) neat and orderly. 16. 工匠 [gong1jiang4], n., an artisan, a mechanic. 17. 工緻 [gong1zhi4], adj., neat and refined. 18. 工具 [gong1jU4], n., a tool, an instrument: 工具書 reference books. 19. 工科 [gong1ke1], n., (school of) engineering. 20. 工課 [gong1ke4], n., lessons, studies (also 功課). 21. 工力 [gong1li4], n., labor force; (callig.) force and skill. 22. 工碼兒 [gong1ma3er0], n., chips representing wages. 23. 工人 [gong1ren2], n., a laborer, a manual worker. 24. 工細 [gong1xi4], adj., (of material products or artistic works) fine, skillful, refined, meticulously finished, see [gong1zhi4]↑. 25. 工事 [gong1shi4], n., engineering works. 26. 工頭 [gong1tou2], n., a foreman. 27. 工徒 [gong1tu2], n., an apprentice. 28. 工作 [gong1zuo4], (1) n., work, job; (2) v.i., to work: 不能工作 cannot work. 29. 工資 [gong1zi1], n., wages. 30. 工穩 [gong1wen3], adj., (of artistic or litr. works) elegant and in good taste. 31. 工業 [gong1ye4], n., industry (opp. 農業 agriculture); 工業革命 industrial revolution. 32. 工役 [gong1yi4]1, n., manual service or work. 33. 工藝 [gong1yi4]2, n., craftsmanship, technical skill. 34. 工友 [gong1you3], n., an office boy; (modn. & polite) any worker. | |||||