工程

Mandarin · pinyin gōng chéng

Meanings

  1. engineering
  2. an engineering project
  3. project
  4. undertaking
  5. Classifier: 個 gè, 項 xiàng
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工
gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer
程
chéng · journey, trip; schedule, agenda
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1–2 · gong1 cheng2

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gung1 cing4

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noun

  1. (uncountable) engineering
  2. (countable) project (Classifier: 個/个; 項/项)

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