工作 — meaning in English
gōng zuò
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English meaning
- assignment noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
- breeze noun A light, pleasant wind.
- business noun The activity of making, buying, or selling goods or services to earn money.
- capacity noun The greatest amount that something can hold, contain, or produce.
- deed noun An action, especially a notable or significant one.
- duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
- employ verb To hire someone and pay them to do work.
- employment noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
- functional adj Working properly; in usable, operating condition.
- gig noun A single performance booking for a musician or entertainer.
- hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
- job noun A paid position of regular employment.
- labour noun Hard physical or mental effort put into a task; work.
- operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
- operative adjective In effect, functioning, or currently applicable.
- overall adj Taking everything into account; general.
- position noun A place or location where something or someone is.
- till prep Up to the time of; until.
- toil noun Hard, exhausting work.
- tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.
- travail noun Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
- work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.
- workplace noun The location, such as an office or factory, where someone does their job.
Senses
工作 is used for these senses in English:
- assignment An assigned task.
- breeze (figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- business (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- capacity A role; the position in which one functions.
- decommission To take out of service or to render unusable.
- deed An action or act; something that is done.
- duty (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
- employ The state of being an employee; employment.
assignment — full definition
- noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
- noun The legal transfer of a right, property, or benefit from one person to another.
breeze — full definition
- noun A light, pleasant wind.
- noun Something that is very easy to do.
- verb To move somewhere quickly and confidently, without effort.