工 (gung1 | gong1) : labour; work

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工

gung1

gong1

[1] [n] labor; work [2] [n] worker; laborer [3] [n] shift; time used in doing a piece of work [4] [n] day's work [5] [n] engineering or building project [6] [n] defense work [7] fine; delicate [8] [v] be skilled in [9] KangXi radical 48

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Radical: 工 (#48)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

工

This word has been viewed 26482 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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仵工 ng5 gung1 wu3 gong1 = pallbearer

工作 gung1 zok3 gong1 zuo4 = work, job, task

石工 sek6 gung1 shi2 gong1 = mason; masonry

女工 neoi5 gung1 nv3 gong1 = a working woman, working-class girl

返工 faan1 gung1 fan3 gong1 = go to work; redo a job

加工 gaa1 gung1 jia1 gong1 = to process

做工 zou6 gung1 zuo4 gong1 = to work; to do work

手工 sau2 gung1 shou3 gong1 = handwork; manual (not automatic)

工夫 gung1 fu1 gong1 fu1 = time; labour; skill

工人 gung1 jan4 gong1 ren2 = labourer
See all 291 compounds (CantoDict reports 364 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我畢業之後會搵工嘅嘞。粵
After I graduate, I will find a job.

佢適合做呢份工。粵
He is fit for the job.

呢份工啱晒佢做。粵
This job is fit for him.

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

佢用把刀插入個員工粵
He used a knife to stab the worker.
[lit. he use [counter] knife enter-in [counter] worker. Std. Chinese: 他用一把利刀刺入一位員工]

佢畀唔起人工粵
He can't pay the wages

佢今朝要去見工。粵
He's attending a job interview this morning.
[[國] 他今天早上要去參加求職面試。]

佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。粵
He stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job.
[Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ]

佢今日冇返工，唔通佢病咗？粵
He did not go to work today; could it be he's sick?

佢工作好有條理。粵
She is a methodical worker.

我的朋友在一個中學打工。國
My friend has a part-time job at a high school.

他本來想在沿海城市工作國
At first he intended to work in a coastal city.

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

呢份工做到嗍氣。粵
This job involves strenuous work.
[[i]lit.[/i] this job work till gasp breath Note: "job" is topic, not subject. Extent particle 到 is followed by verb phrase 嗍氣.]

工人嚟齊咁滯粵
Nearly all the workers have come.

工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.

呢份工冇以前咁他條粵
This job is not as relaxed as the previous one.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙粵
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

呢一帶嘅房屋受員工青睞粵
The workers favour houses in this area.

環衛工人
sanitation worker

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

他兼職多份工作, 借此幫補家計國
He worked several part-time jobs, thereby helping his family financially.

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