工作
Meaning
- to work
- (of a machine) to operate
- job
Measure word
个 gè or 份 fèn or 项 xiàng
Example sentence
我不工作.
I do not work.
Characters in 工作
- 工 gōng work, labour; skilled craft
- 作 zuò to do, to make; a work
工 labour plus 作 to do. It names both the activity and the job, and 工 keeps that sense in 工人 worker and 工厂 factory.