The Chinese word for engineer is
工程师
gōng chéng shī
Chinese Definition
| engineer | |
| 1. 工程师 | |
| Components | |
| 工 | |
| 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). | |
| 程 | |
| 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) | |
| 师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 師 |
Translations for 师 and their definitions
| 司機 | |
| 1. n. driver; chauffeur | |
| 出租車 司機 - taxi driver | |
| 包車 的 司機 - chauffeur of a charter car | |
| 那 司機 為什麼 對 我 閃 車燈？ - Why is the driver flashing his lights at me? | |
| 雖然 他 所有 的 家人 都 是 卡車 司機，他 卻 是 一 個 的dí士 司機。 - Although his whole family are truck drivers, he is a taxi driver. |
| 工程師 | |
| 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 (of software, etc.) | |
| 全棧 工程師 - full-stack developer |
| 工程师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 工程師 |
| 司机 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 司機 |
| 技師 | |
| 1. n. technician; technical expert; technologist; engineer | |
| 2. n. (euphemism) escort (sex worker) |
| 技师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 技師 |
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Pronunciation
gōng chéng shī
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