Tom works at a library.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
做工
to work with one's hands
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to work with one's hands
02
manual work
03
workmanship
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 做工 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 做工 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom works at the local supermarket.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 做工.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 做工.
Directly before
- 两件做工1
- 超市做工1
- 图书馆做工1
Directly after
- 做工要1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 做工
What does 做工 mean in Chinese?
做工 (zuògōng) means to work with one's hands.
How do you pronounce 做工?
做工 is pronounced zuògōng.
Is 做工 an HSK word?
做工 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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