Chinese Word of the Day

电工
diàn gōng

electrician

Definitions

Chinese > English
电工
1. Simplified form of 電工
電工	diàngōng
1. n. electrician (tradesperson who works with electrical equipment)
English > Chinese
electrician
1. 电工；电学家
Components
电
1. Simplified form of 電
電
1. electricity
工	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) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).
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