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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 工作

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
工作 gōng zuò - to work
- (of a machine) to operate
- job
- work
- task
- CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 144 80 273

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gōng- work
- worker
- skill
- profession
- trade
- craft
- labor
zuō- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
zuò- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works

Other Words Containing 工作

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
工作 1 1 144 80 273
工作室 - - 4,314 10,190 8,049
工作者 - - 13,032 4,206 11,661
工作服 - - 13,256 24,805 17,967
工作狂 - - 13,900 37,757 19,672
工作量 - 8 17,810 13,067 16,812
工作站 - - 18,701 17,343 39,492
工作日 - 5 18,953 10,081 10,124
工作台 - - 23,060 36,677 34,170
工作组 - - 26,965 10,074 28,520
工作餐 - - 34,523 53,800 29,348
工作队 - - 46,403 26,209 89,753
教育工作者 - - 64,772 - -