开工 meaning in English

kāigōng

to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job

HSK 7-9Traditional 開工7 strokes

Meaning of 开工

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

Stroke order for each character

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开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 开工.

工作gōngzuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
工人gōngrénworker
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin

Questions about 开工

What does 开工 mean?

开工 (kāigōng) means "to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job".

How do you write 开工?

开工 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 工 (3 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 开工 an HSK word?

Yes. 开工 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开工 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开工 is written 開工.