上工 meaning in English
to go to work; to start work
6 strokes
Meaning of 上工
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shànggōng
- to go to work
- to start work
上工 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我在晚上工作。
I work nights.
他白天睡觉,晚上工作。
He sleeps by day and works by night.
他从早上工作到夜晚。
He worked from morning till night.
她从早上工作到夜晚。
She worked from morning till night.
我们去年夏天在一个农场上工作。
We worked on a farm last summer.
Stroke order for each character
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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- 2
- 3
工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
Related words
Words that share a character with 上工.
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 车上 | chē shang |
Questions about 上工
What does 上工 mean?
上工 (shànggōng) means "to go to work; to start work".
How do you write 上工?
上工 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 工 (3 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.