工 (gōng) means Work (labor - skill). Below are 24 of the 276 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
她又问：“ 工 作怎么样？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
今年我因为 工 作，没能回去。
jīnnián wǒ yīnwèi gōngzuò, méi néng huíqu.
This year I couldn't get back because of work.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
去年爸爸来看我 工 作的地方。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
小雨要去另一个城市 工 作了。
xiǎo yǔ yāo qù lìngyī gè chéngshì gōngzuòle.
Xiaoyu was leaving to work in another city.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
新 工 作的收入只有原来的一半。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我妈妈是医生，她的 工 作也很忙。
wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.
My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我昨天晚上 工 作到很晚，睡得很少。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.
I worked late last night and slept very little.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
她把手机交给了图书馆的 工 作人员。
tā bǎshǒu jī jiāogěi le / liǎo / liào túshūguǎn de / dì gōngzuò rényuán.
She'd handed it in to the library staff.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
毕业以后 工 作忙，就更没有时间了。
bìyè yǐhòu gōngzuò máng, jiù gèng / gēng méiyǒu shíjiān le / liǎo / liào.
After graduating, work was busy and there was even less time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
From the travel phrasebook
有多少 工 人？
Yǒu duōshao gōngrén?
How many workers do you have?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
你们是 工 厂吗？
Nǐmen shì gōngchǎng ma?
Are you a factory?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
下次来我一定去 工 厂。
Xià cì lái wǒ yídìng qù gōngchǎng.
Next visit I'll come to the factory.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
我们是 工 厂，不是贸易公司。
Wǒmen shì gōngchǎng, bú shì màoyì gōngsī.
We're a factory, not a trading company.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
工 appears in 276 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 工
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Questions about 工
How is 工 used in a sentence?
This page shows 276 sentences using 工 (gōng, "Work (labor - skill)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 工 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 工 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 工?
The dictionary page for 工 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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