(gōng zuò) - work, job, to work in Mandarin
gōngzuòTraditional: 工作
Translation
work, job, to work
Word origin
A compound of 工 (gong) 'work, labour', a pictograph of a carpenter's square or tool, and 作 (zuo) 'to do, to make', which has the 亻 'person' radical. Together: 'work, to work'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 工 (gong, 'work', pictograph of a tool) + 作 (zuo, 'to do', 亻person radical)
Stroke order
工
作
Examples
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I am working.
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How is your job?
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Work is very busy.
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I am planning to change jobs.
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Her job is very stressful.
工作 (gōng zuò) means work, job, to work. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Stories
(16)朋友找我
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错过公车
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打电话
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大伟的工作
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上班第一天
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最后的车
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卖东西的地方
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新工作的第一天
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等了三年
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看场合
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那件事
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三天
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想起那个约定
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小云的梦想
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一直开
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有钱没时间
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Grammar articles
(15)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 坐, 给 - the Prepositions That Look Like Verbs
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction
Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs
The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的
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