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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

  1. noun A task given to someone, especially a piece of schoolwork or a work project.
  2. noun The legal transfer of a right, property, or benefit from one person to another.

breeze — full definition

  1. noun A light, pleasant wind.
  2. noun Something that is very easy to do.
  3. verb To move somewhere quickly and confidently, without effort.

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