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工作
gōng zuò
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How to write 工作 (gōng zuò) in Chinese

工作 (pinyin: gōng zuò, written "gong zuo" or "gongzuo") means to work. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 工作.

Meaning

  • to work
  • (of a machine) to operate
  • job
  • work

Stroke order

工
作

Character breakdown

工gōnglabor, work; laborer, worker作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform

Examples

据估计,新项目将创造超过三千个工作岗位。
jù gū jì, xīn xiàng mù jiāng chuàng zào chāo guò sān qiān ge gōng zuò gǎng wèi.
It's estimated that the new project will create over three thousand jobs.
从前,有一个农民,每天都在田里辛苦地工作。
cóng qián, yǒu yí ge nóng mín, měi tiān dōu zài tián lǐ xīn kǔ de gōng zuò.
Long ago, there was a farmer who worked hard in his fields every day.
工作量比我预计的多得多。即使加班到深夜,也完成不了。
gōng zuò liàng bǐ wǒ yù jì de duō de duō. jí shǐ jiā bān dào shēn yè, yě wán chéng bù liǎo.
The amount of work was much more than I'd estimated. Even working late into the night, I couldn't finish.
从那天起,他不再工作了。他每天坐在那棵树旁边,等下一只兔子。
cóng nà tiān qǐ, tā bú zài gōng zuò le. tā měi tiān zuò zài nà kē shù páng biān, děng xià yì zhī tù zi.
From that day on, he no longer worked. He sat by that tree every day, waiting for the next rabbit.
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