工厂
gōng chǎng 1–3
factory
- Characters
- 2
- 工 · 厂
- Syllables
- 2
- gōng chǎng
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,656
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 工gōng3 strokesHSK 1labor, work; worker, laborer
- 厂chǎng2 strokesHSK 3 traditional 廠factory, workshop; radical 27
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我爸在工厂工作。
Wǒ bà zài gōng chǎng gōng zuò
My father works in a factory.
我父亲在工厂工作。
Wǒ fù qīn zài gōng chǎng gōng zuò
My father works at a factory.
下周工厂可能会关。
Xià zhōu gōng chǎng kě néng huì guān
Possibly the factory will be closed down next week.
我们在一个工厂工作。
Wǒ men zài yī gè gōng chǎng gōng zuò
We work in a factory.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 工厂. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 工作gōng zuòHSK 1
to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
- 员工yuán gōngHSK 3
staff; personnel; employee
- 工具gōng jùHSK 3
tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- 厂chǎngHSK 3
factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- 工人gōng rénHSK 1
worker
- 工资gōng zīHSK 3
wages; pay
- 工程gōng chéngHSK 4
engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking
- 工业gōng yèHSK 3
industry
- 打工dǎ gōngHSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
- 开工kāi gōngHSK 7
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job
- 工程师gōng chéng shīHSK 3
engineer
- 人工rén gōngHSK 3
artificial; manpower; manual work
- 工会gōng huìHSK 7
labor union; trade union
- 加工jiā gōngHSK 3
to process; processing; working (of machinery)
- 工地gōng dìHSK 7
construction site
- 手工shǒu gōngHSK 4
handwork; manual
- 施工shī gōngHSK 7
construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
- 罢工bà gōngHSK 6
a strike; to go on strike
- 职工zhí gōngHSK 3
workers; staff
- 工艺gōng yìHSK 5
arts and crafts; industrial arts
- 工夫gōng fuHSK 3
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 厂商chǎng shāngHSK 6
manufacturer; producer
- 分工fēn gōngHSK 6
to divide up the work; division of labor
- 厂家chǎng jiāHSK 7
factory; manufacturer; (coll.) a factory owner; the factory management