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工程师
gōng chéng shī



工程师
engineer


Definitions

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工程师
     1. Simplified form of 工程師
工程師gōngchéngshī
     1. n. (engineering) engineer
           採礦 工程師 - mining engineer
           需要 我 替 您 聯繫xì 工程師 嗎? - Do you need me to contact an engineer for you?
     2. n. (computing) developer (q, of software, etc.)
           全棧 工程師 - full-stack developer
     3. n. (cat, cmn, Elementary Mandarin)
English > Chinese
engineer
     1. 工程师
Components
gōng
     1. labour; work
           工作 - work
           罷工 - to strike
           偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials
     2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession
           你 做 什麼 工? - What is your job?
           你 失業\失 咗 失業\業 咁 耐,仲 唔 快 啲 搵 返 份 工! - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!
     3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
     4. worker; labourer
           女工 - female worker
           礦工 - miner
           陶瓷工 - potter
           工農 - workers and peasants
     5. man-day
     6. construction
           工地 - construction site
           竣工 - to finish construction
     7. industry
           化工 - chemical industry
     8. engineer
     9. skill; technique
     10. to be good at; to be skilled in
     11. delicate; exquisite; fine
           工巧 - delicate; exquisite
     12. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).)
     13. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).)
chéng
     1. schedule; agenda; order
     2. stage of a journey
     3. journey; trip; distance travelled
     4. procedure; process; course
           程 頤 - Cheng Yi (Song dynasty philosopher)
     1. Simplified form of 師
shī
     1. (historical, military) division of 2500 soldiers
     2. (military) division; a large body of troops composing part of an army
     3. army; troops; armed force
     4. to dispatch troops; to send troops
     5. the masses; populace; general public
     6. (historical) (A former level of administrative division notionally covering 36,000 households or 1/12 of a province.)
     7. capital city; metropolis
     8. strategist; military adviser
     9. leader; chief; commander; head; captain
     10. teacher; instructor
     11. master; expert; specialist
     12. (Min Dong) to be an expert in; adept at; capable
     13. (Min Dong) (Respectful term of address for an expert in a trade or profession.)
     14. (religion) (Respectful title for monks, nuns and Taoist priests.)
     15. (historical) musician
     16. model; example; fine example
     17. to follow; to imitate; to follow the example of
     18. “Army” (䷆): the seventh hexagram of the I Ching
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