上工 meaning in English

shànggōng

to go to work; to start work

6 strokes

Meaning of 上工

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shànggōng
  1. to go to work
  2. to start work

上工 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ在zài晚wǎn上shàng工gōng作zuò。
I work nights.
他tā白bái天tiān睡shuì觉jiào,晚wǎn上shàng工gōng作zuò。
He sleeps by day and works by night.
他tā从cóng早zǎo上shàng工gōng作zuò到dào夜yè晚wǎn。
He worked from morning till night.
她tā从cóng早zǎo上shàng工gōng作zuò到dào夜yè晚wǎn。
She worked from morning till night.
我wǒ们men去qù年nián夏xià天tiān在zài一yí个gè农nóng场chǎng上shàng工gōng作zuò。
We worked on a farm last summer.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 上工.

工作gōngzuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (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.