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Word and Radical Components of 电工

The Chinese word 电工 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
电工 1. Simplified form of 電工

电工 ⇨ 电 + 工
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 電
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
      什麼 ? - What is your job?
      失業\ 失業\ ! - 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
gōng 12. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).)
13. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).)

电 ⇨ 田 + 乚
Component Pinyin Meanings
tián 1. farmland
     (zh-co, 玉米 , a corn field)
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     (zh-co, 油田, oil field)
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田 (Ovaltine)
     (syn, zh, 華田)
     (zh-co, , iced Ovaltine, C)
4. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
1. Variant of 乙
2. Variant of 隱