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开工 (kāi gōng) – to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)

kāi gōng

to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 開工0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
  2. 2to start a construction job

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开工

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開工

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

工作

gōng zuò

to work

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

工具

gōng jù

tool

工资

gōng zī

wages

打工

dǎ gōng

to work a temporary or casual job

工厂

gōng chǎng

factory

工人

gōng rén

worker

工业

gōng yè

industry

公开

gōng kāi

open

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

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